The market fluctuates strongly around the 1,630 point mark.

(Dan Tri) - Foreign investors continued to net sell nearly 2,000 billion VND today. Of which, SHB was the stock that foreign investors sold the most with a value of more than 260 billion VND.

The VN-Index just had a busy trading week with 4 consecutive increasing sessions at the beginning of the week, before recording a decrease of nearly 11 points at the end of the week. However, the largest stock index in Vietnam still closed the week at 1,630 points, up 45.05 points (+2.84%).

At the end of the trading session on August 18, VN-Index increased by 6.37 points, equivalent to 0.39%, to 1,636.37 points. VN30-Index increased by 3.12 points; HNX-Index increased by 1.53 points; UPCoM-Index decreased by 0.64 points.

Foreign investors continue to sell strongly (Screenshot).

Cash flow is concentrated in some leading stocks such asSHB , HPG, SSI... The group of stocks that increased to the ceiling price includes real estate and public investment codes such as HDG, NHA, PDR, KBC, VRC, LCG, HHV, CRE...

The performance of the securities group was also quite divergent. While VIX, VDS and ORS maintained their upward momentum, pillar codes such as SSI, VCI, VND and HCM all ended the session in red.

The electronic board also recorded significant differentiation with 119 codes increasing in price, of which 21 codes hit the ceiling, 48 codes stood at reference and 130 codes decreased.

In the whole market, the total value of matched transactions reached more than 45,000 billion VND. Notably, foreign investors continued to net sell nearly 2,000 billion VND today. Of which, SHB was the stock sold the most by foreign investors with a value of more than 260 billion VND, followed by VPB,FPT , VIX, MBB, CTG... On the contrary, foreign investors net bought stocks such as GMD, VCB, PDR, HPG...

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/kinh-doanh/thi-truong-bien-dong-manh-quanh-moc-1630-diem-20250818162240565.htm