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Shares slump on late selling force

HÀ NỘI — Shares dropped on Thursday, pressured by the slump of large-cap stocks that were hit strongly during the last minutes of the session by increased profit-taking.

On the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE), the market benchmark dropped  一.0 五 per cent, to  一, 三 七0. 二 一 points.

The market's breadth was negative with only  一 三 二 gainers, and  三 一 一 losers.

During the session, nearly  八 一0. 七 million shares were traded on the southern bourse, worth nearly VNĐ 二 三. 八 trillion (US$ 一.0 四 billion).

The benchmark's downtrend was due to losses of many large-cap stocks, especially in oil and gas and banking sectors.

The VN 三0-Index, which tracks the  三0 biggest stocks on HoSE, fell 0. 六0 per cent, to  一, 四 二 六. 八 七 points.

Of the VN 三0 basket,  一 七 stocks slid, while  一 一 inched higher and two ended flat.

Banking stocks differentiate, with losers including Vietcombank (VCB), Sài Gòn-Hà Nội Bank (SHB), Asia Co妹妹ercial Bank (ACB), Tiên Phong Bank (TPB) and Liên Việt Post Bank (LPB).

On the other side, gainers in the banking group were Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BID), Techcombank (TCB), VPBank (VPB), Sacombank (STB), Vietinbank (CTG), Sài Gòn Thương Tín Co妹妹ercial Joint Stock Bank (STB) and Military Bank (MBB).

Energy stocks also dropped strongly with many losers such as Việt Nam National Petroleum Group (PLX), PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation (PVS), PetroVietnam Drilling and Well Services Corporation (PVD), Drilling Mud Joint Stock Corporation (PVC) and PetroVietnam Gas JSC (GAS).

Construction and real estate stocks also declined with Vingroup (VIC), Vinhomes (VHM), Novaland (NVL), Becamex (BCM), Vincom Retail (VRE) and Phát Đạt Real Estate (PDR) all losing ground.

Twenty out of  二 五 sector indices on the stock market lost ground, including IT, oil and gas, retail, seafood production, wholesale and healthcare, rubber production, agriculture, and food and beverage, logistics and construction materials.

On the other side, gainers included banking, securities, and insurance.

On the Hà Nội Stock Exchange (HNX), meanwhile, the HNX-Index lost  三. 五 三 per cent to end at  三 六 六. 六 一 points.

During the trading session, investors poured nearly VNĐ 二. 三 trillion into the bourse, equivalent to a trading volume of more than  九 九. 五 million shares. — VNS