VN-Index increased more than 2 points at the end of the week, surpassing 1,275 points

VN-Index increased more than 2 points at the end of the week, to 1,275 points thanks to cash flow focusing on banking stocks and foreign investors' strongest net buying in nearly a month.

Investor sentiment shifted from excitement to caution after yesterday's decline, leading to the market starting the weekend, December 27, cautiously. The index representing the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange opened in green but the amplitude was not too large. After the lunch break, the index reversed below the reference, then regained green as cash flow took advantage of disbursement at low prices. VN-Index closed at 1,275.14 points, accumulating 2.27 points compared to the reference.

Foreign investors net bought more than 615 billion VND today. Specifically, this group disbursed more than 1,823 billion VND to buy more than 56 million shares while selling more than 35 million shares, equivalent to 1,208 billion VND. This is the session with the highest net buying value in nearly a month.

Foreign investors strongly bought STB with a net value of about 165 billion VND. CTG ranked next in terms of attracting foreign cash flow when the net purchase value of this stock was more than 125 billion VND. Meanwhile, foreign investors strongly sold HPG shares with a net value of approximately 82 billion VND, VCB about 68 billion VND and VRE more than 31 billion VND.

The market fell into a state of “green skin, red heart” when the index went up but the number of stocks falling dominated. Specifically, the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange had 242 stocks closing below the reference, while the number of stocks increasing was only 177. In contrast, the VN30 basket followed the market’s upward trend when 13 stocks closed in green and 10 stocks fell below the reference.

List of stocks that have the most positive and negative impact on the market.

The stocks that made the most positive impact on the VN-Index today all came from the banking group . Specifically, LPB was the only code that hit the ceiling in this group, up to 31,000 VND and contributed more than 1.3 points to the market. Next, CTG increased by 1.57% to 38,800 VND, HDB increased by 3.31% to 24,950 VND, TCB increased by 1.03% to 24,600 VND,VIB increased by 1.52% to 20,050 VND and BID increased by 0.38% to 39,150 VND. The remaining codes on the above list include MBB, STB, VCB and TPB.

The securities group also recorded a significant improvement in today's trading session when most of them increased by 0.5-6.4%. Specifically, APG increased by 6.4% to 7,190 VND, VDS increased by 1.7% to 20,800 VND, SSI increased by 0.9% to 26,600 VND, BSI increased by 0.8% to 48,600 VND and HCM increased by 0.5% to 29,450 VND.

On the other hand, some stocks in the VN30 basket were under intense selling pressure. Specifically, VHM topped the list of 10 stocks with the most negative impact on the VN-Index when it fell 0.74% to VND40,350. Next, HPG fell 0.56% to VND26,850, GVR fell 0.65% to VND30,700, VIC fell 0.25% to VND40,550, POW fell 1.23% to VND12,000 andFPT fell 0.13% to VND149,600.

The trading volume for the entire session reached over 670 million shares, an increase of 75 million units compared to the previous session. The trading value accordingly increased by VND3,149 billion, to VND16,861 billion. The large-cap basket contributed to liquidity of nearly VND8,760 billion, equivalent to 272 million shares successfully matched.

Source: https://baodautu.vn/vn-index-tang-hon-2-diem-phien-cuoi-tuan-vuot-1275-diem-d236190.html