VN-Index fell nearly 15 points.

VTV.vn - The VN-Index lost the 1,700-point mark as selling pressure intensified towards the end of the session, with red spreading across the entire market.

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The stock market experienced significant volatility today. Although buying pressure helped the index recover at times, increased selling pressure towards the end of the session caused the market to reverse and close in the red.

At the close of trading on March 19th, the VN-Index fell 14.7 points to 1,699.13 points. Trading volume reached over 881.1 million shares, equivalent to nearly 24,432 billion VND. Across the entire exchange, 95 stocks increased in price, while 229 decreased and 54 remained unchanged.

On the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX), the HNX-Index fell 2.05 points to 245.73 points, with a trading volume of over 84.2 million shares, equivalent to over 1,553.4 billion VND. Across the entire exchange, there were 48 gainers, 104 losers, and 51 stocks unchanged. The UPCoM-Index also decreased by 0.91 points to 123.95 points; trading volume reached over 32.5 million shares, equivalent to over 556.4 billion VND.

Red dominated most sectors. Notably, oil and gas stocks, despite a positive start to the morning session, reversed sharply downwards in the afternoon. Specifically, PLX fell 5.06%, BSR fell 4.4%, PVB fell 3.77%, PVC fell 3.26%, OIL fell 2.29%, PTV fell 1.39%, and so on.

The VN30 basket recorded 22 declining stocks, only 7 rising stocks, and 1 unchanged stock. DGC continued its downward trend, extending its streak of 3 consecutive sessions of limit-down drops. Many large-cap stocks such asFPT , MWG, HPG, GVR, SAB, VIC, VNM, VRE… all declined. In addition, the banking, securities, insurance, and information technology sectors also faced downward pressure.

Conversely, capital continued to flow into some real estate stocks such as VPL, NVL, and VHM. VPL was a bright spot, rising 4.1% to 81,000 VND/share, its highest level in nearly a month. NVL also surged to its maximum limit of 13,900 VND/share, regaining its upward momentum after the previous correction and continuing its strong upward trend in recent sessions.

Foreign investors continued to put pressure on the market with net selling of approximately 982 billion VND, marking the sixth consecutive net selling session. Selling pressure was mainly concentrated on FPT, VIC, and BSR stocks. Conversely, foreign investors continued to net buy over 100 billion VND in MSN and VHM.

Source: https://vtv.vn/vn-index-giam-gan-15-diem-10026031916385251.htm