On the day, more than 291 million shares were traded on the bourse, worth over 6.05 trillion VND (over 264.6 million USD).
In the large-cap stock group, only Vingroup (VIC) saw a rise. The worst decliners were CTG and GAS, while BVH, MSN, SAB, VCB, VNM reported a drop of between 1,000 VND (0.044 USD) - 4,000 VND (0.18 USD) per share.
In the VN30 basket, 28 codes saw declines, no code ended flat and two others advanced.
The VN30-Index, measuring the 30 largest stocks by market capitalisation on the HOSE, experienced a drop of 38.32 points to 898 points. There were 74 million units traded on the market, worth 2.79 trillion VND (over 122 million USD).
On the northern bourse, the HNX-Index declined 7.11 points to end at 107.37 points. A total of 69 million shares were traded on the Hanoi Stock Exchange for 1.02 trillion VND (over 44.6 million USD).
The UPCoM Index on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) lost 2.04 points to close at 51.1 points. Nearly 22 million shares were traded at a value of 278 billion VND (12.16 million USD).-VNA
