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Red dominated most sectors, while capital flows remained cautious despite foreign investors returning to net buying in some key stocks.
At the close of trading on January 26th, the VN-Index fell 27.07 points to 1,843.72 points. Liquidity remained high with over 1.1 billion shares traded, equivalent to 32,087.2 billion VND. Market breadth heavily favored sellers, with only 73 stocks rising, 264 falling, and 45 remaining unchanged.
On the Hanoi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index fell 5.66 points to 247.3 points; trading volume reached over 90.5 million shares, equivalent to nearly 1,987 billion VND. The UPCOM-Index decreased 0.51 points to 126.56 points, with a trading volume of over 50.8 million shares, valued at 748.1 billion VND.
The negative performance was mainly driven by large-cap stocks. The VN30 basket recorded 24 declining stocks and only 6 rising stocks. Many key stocks experienced sharp declines, such as VIC (down 3.33%), VRE (down 4.32%), VHM (down 2.94%), VJC (down 5.99%), and DGC (hitting the floor limit). The banking sector also faced downward pressure, with CTG,ACB , HDB, TCB, STB… all falling, while VCB and BID narrowed their gains.
In terms of impact, VIC, VHM, MBB, and VJC were the most negatively affected stocks, deducting approximately 14.9 points from the VN-Index. Conversely, GAS, BID, VCB, and GVR were the stocks that maintained positive performance, contributing to a gain of over 10 points for the index.
By sector, red dominated most of the market. The industrial sector saw the sharpest decline, falling 4.37%, mainly due to drops in VCG (6.8%), VSC (6.86%), GEX (6.38%), ACV (8.87%), and VJC (5.99%). The real estate sector declined 3.15%, while the information technology sector fell 2.48%, with many stocks under heavy selling pressure such as KBC, VIC, VHM, CEO, DXG, andFPT .
Conversely, the utilities and energy sectors were a rare bright spot in the market. The utilities sector rose 2.71%, led by GAS (up 6.94%), POW (up 0.72%), and PVG (up 4.48%). The oil and gas sector maintained positive performance but the gains narrowed, with PLX (up 4.4%), PVS (up 1.81%), PVC (up 1.48%), and BSR (up 0.97%), while OIL, POS, PVD, and TOS declined.
Regarding foreign investor transactions, foreign investors made net purchases of over 109 billion VND on the HOSE exchange, focusing on BID, VNM, VCI, and PLX. On the HNX exchange, foreign investors made net purchases of over 61 billion VND, mainly in IDC and PVS. However, overall across all three exchanges, foreign investors still made net sales of 88.63 billion VND, concentrated in FPT and VHM, while GAS was the stock with the strongest net buying activity.
At the close of trading, the market recorded a sharp decline with a prevailing cautious sentiment. Selling pressure remained dominant, indicating that the short-term trend still carries many risks and investors need to be cautious in their investment decisions.
Source: https://vtv.vn/vn-index-mat-hon-27-diem-100260126162407862.htm
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