Foreign investors sold strongly, VN-Index lost the 1,500 point mark

(Dan Tri) - The stock market continued to trade in a tug-of-war state, with selling pressure clearly increasing in the afternoon session. The recovery of some pillar stocks helped the VN-Index narrow its decline.

The market opened the trading session in the green, VN-Index increased by more than 4 points. However, the index quickly fluctuated strongly and at one point decreased by nearly 6 points.

At the end of the morning session, VN-Index fell to 1,496 points. Selling pressure prevailed with 367 stocks falling, outnumbering 317 stocks rising. Market liquidity plummeted, reaching only about VND18,800 billion, 19% lower than the previous session.

At the end of the session, VN-Index decreased by 7.31 points, equivalent to 0.49%, to 1,495.21 points. VN30-Index decreased by 1.12 points; HNX-Index decreased by 1.41 points; UPCoM-Index increased by 0.67 points.

The banking and securities groups widened the correction momentum with SHS down 6.5%, VND down 2.2%, VIX down 3.6%,VIB and SSI down 2.06% and 2.92% respectively... On the contrary, the transportation and public investment groups maintained their upward momentum with HAH, FCN, and VOS all hitting the ceiling.

Foreign investors sold strongly (Screenshot).

In the whole market, the total value of matched transactions reached nearly 40,000 billion VND. The board was strongly differentiated with 141 codes increasing, of which 14 codes increased to the ceiling; 54 codes maintained the reference price and 180 codes decreased, 4 codes decreased to the floor.

Notably, foreign investors continued to net sell more than 2,300 billion VND today. Of which, SSI was the stock sold the most by foreign investors with a value of more than 460 billion VND, followed by CTG, FPT, HPG, VHM, STB... On the contrary, foreign investors net bought stocks such asSHB , HAH, VIX, NLG, NVL, MSB...

Following the news of US President Donald Trump's new tariffs, the South Korean market fell sharply, with the KOSPI index plunging 3.88%. Japan's Nikkei 225 index also fell 0.66%, Chinese blue-chip stocks were almost flat, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 1.07%.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/kinh-doanh/khoi-ngoai-ban-rong-manh-vn-index-mat-moc-1500-diem-20250801160902924.htm