Cautious investor sentiment led to slight fluctuations in the VN-Index during the morning session on December 17th.

Photo caption — Customers conducting transactions at Bao Viet Securities, 8 Le Thai To Street, Hanoi . Photo courtesy of Tran Viet/TTXVN.

At the close of the morning session, the VN-Index fell 1.79 points to 1,677.39 points. Trading volume on the HOSE reached over 258.8 million shares, equivalent to a value of 8,674 billion VND, a 7.7% decrease in volume compared to yesterday morning's session. Block trades contributed over 34.7 million shares, worth 2,130 billion VND. Across the entire exchange, there were 119 gainers, 178 losers, and 50 stocks unchanged.

The VN30 group traded fairly balanced with 14 gainers and 14 losers, and the index fell slightly by nearly 3 points. Among them, PLX was the best performing stock in the group, rising 2.8% to close at 35,350 VND per share. Conversely, DGC continued its downward trend, falling 6.9% to the floor price, with nearly 12.9 million units offered for sale at the floor price.

In the small and medium-sized stock group, some stocks maintained their upward momentum, hitting the ceiling price, such as HID, LGL, HII, SHI, and YEG; YEG alone had over 3 million units of buy orders at the ceiling price. However, the overall market remained sluggish, trading below the reference mark for most of the morning session.

The market's bright spot came from the energy sector, which saw a simultaneous surge. On the HOSE, PVD briefly hit its ceiling price and closed the session up 5.8% at 27,350 VND/share, leading the market in trading volume with nearly 15.1 million units; BSR rose 1% with over 4.7 million shares traded. Other oil and gas stocks such as OIL, PLX, PVB, PVC, and PVS also maintained their positive performance.

The banking sector traded more actively than the overall market, but the gains were not significant.SHB and HDB were the two stocks with the highest liquidity in the sector, reaching 14.4 million and 9.9 million units respectively; at the close of the session, SHB remained at the reference price, while HDB rose slightly by 0.2%.

Conversely, the securities sector quickly weakened after the previous recovery session and became the biggest loser in the market. VIX led the sector in liquidity with 9.2 million shares traded, closing down 2% at 22,450 VND/share; many other stocks also traded poorly.

On the HNX exchange, the market recovered slightly after an early correction. At the close, the HNX-Index rose 0.35 points to 255.43 points. Trading volume reached 18.2 million shares, valued at 387 billion VND; block trades accounted for 0.7 million shares, valued at 14.7 billion VND. Across the entire exchange, there were 46 gainers, 72 losers, and 44 unchanged stocks.

Energy stocks on the HNX continued to be the market's anchor, with PVS rising 2.2% and leading in liquidity with 3.44 million shares traded; PVC increased 3.7% with over 1.15 million shares traded. Meanwhile, the securities sector traded less actively, with SHS falling 1.4%, MBS down 1.8%, and VFS down 0.7%.

On UPCoM, the market maintained a slight upward trend. At the close of trading, the UPCoM-Index increased by 0.36 points to 118.66 points. The total trading volume reached 16.3 million shares, worth 247 billion VND; block trades accounted for 1.6 million shares, worth 31.8 billion VND.

Several stocks with liquidity exceeding 1 million units and active trading included HBC, which rose 1.5%, C4G, which remained at the reference price, and MZG, which surged 9.1%.

Overall, the morning session on December 17th showed that investor sentiment remained quite cautious, with capital not yet ready to return strongly, causing the market to continue fluctuating and lacking the momentum to break through.

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