The stock market is moving sideways.

VTV.vn - The stock market is in a sideways trend, blue-chip stocks are falling in price, while oil and gas stocks are soaring.

The market is moving sideways, and regulators are speaking out about the slow allocation of securities by the custody system.

The stock market entered a sideways trend, blue-chip stocks declined, oil and gas prices surged, and the securities depository system experienced delays in allocating securities to investors – these were the main developments in the stock market trading session on February 27th.

At the close of trading on February 27th, the VN-Index edged up 0.69 points to 1,880.33 points. Trading volume reached over 927.7 million shares, equivalent to over 30,045.8 billion VND. Across the entire exchange, there were 132 gainers, 202 losers, and 51 unchanged stocks.

The HNX-Index rose 0.49 points to 262.82 points. Trading volume exceeded 93.4 million shares, equivalent to over 2,035.4 billion VND. Across the entire exchange, 88 stocks increased in price, 70 decreased, and 56 remained unchanged.

The UPCOM-Index rose 0.46 points to 129.31 points. Trading volume reached over 110.6 million shares, equivalent to over 1,399.8 billion VND. Across the entire exchange, 143 stocks increased in price, 153 decreased, and 123 remained unchanged.

Large-cap stocks retreated, causing the market to lose its upward momentum. Accordingly, the VN30 index saw 19 stocks decline, while only 10 rose and 1 remained unchanged. Notably, key stocks such as VNM, VRE, VCB, MWG, MSN, and SAB fell in price. Similarly, banking stocks also declined. Red dominated the real estate sector, although the two largest capitalized stocks in the sector, VIC and VHM, rose. Most other stock groups showed mixed performance with both gains and losses.

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The most prominent stocks in today's trading session were the oil and gas sector. The number of red stocks was absent from this group. Meanwhile, stocks like PTV and PVE hit their upper limit. In addition, BSR increased 4%, OIL increased 12.28%, PLX increased 0.52%, POS increased 6.9%, PVB increased 4.74%, PVC increased 8.97%, PVB increased 3.21%, PVS increased 2.38%, and TOS increased 2.46%.

This afternoon, the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HOSE) and the Vietnam Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation (VSDC) announced that, during the planned maintenance of the information technology system by contractor KRX, the depository system experienced a delay in allocating securities to investors at 13:00 on February 25, 2026.

Immediately afterwards, HOSE and VSDC coordinated with the contractor to promptly resolve the issue and simultaneously notified market participants to ensure investors' right to sell securities. To date, the system has been restored and securities have been fully allocated.

Earlier, in the early afternoon of February 27, the securities settlement process continued to experience disruptions, preventing the completion of settlements for government bonds, listed corporate bonds purchased on February 26, 2026, and stocks, fund certificates, and guaranteed warrants purchased on February 25, 2026, from being completed on schedule.

Many securities companies have issued notices to customers stating that securities will temporarily not be credited to their accounts during the afternoon trading session of the same day.

VPBank Securities Company announces that it has received information from the Vietnam Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation (VSDC) regarding the interruption of electronic clearing and settlement operations across the market. Therefore, buy/sell transactions that occurred on February 25th have not yet been allocated to customers' securities accounts.

Similarly, KAFI Securities Company announced that VSDC experienced a connection disruption with its custodian members on the morning of February 27th. This incident affected services such as account opening, deposit and withdrawal, and clearing and settlement processes may be slower than expected.

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According to the latest update, the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange and VSDC have urgently coordinated with the contractor to rectify the issue; and have also notified members so that investors can sell the securities they purchased on February 25th.

By 2:40 PM, the system had been fixed by the contractor, and securities were allocated to investors. Investors were able to sell their securities during the afternoon session on February 27th.

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