Vietnamese shares declined on April 18 as selling pressure hit many large-cap stocks (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnamese sharesdeclined on April 18 as selling pressure hit many large-cap stocks.
Insurance and banking stocks fell 3.26 percentand 2.99 percent, respectively, though they were the main driving factorpushing the VN-Index the previous day.
Thebenchmark VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE)lost 14.75 points to close at 1,138.53 points. Morethan 172 million shares worth over 5.35 trillion VND (235.9 million USD) wereexchanged on the HoSE on the day.
TheHNX-Index on the Hanoi Stock Exchange dropped 1.47 points to stand at 132.78points, with about 61 million shares worth nearly899 billion VND (39.6 million USD) being traded.
The VN30, which measures the performance of 30 stockswith the highest market capitalisation and liquidity on the HoSE, fell 14.62points to close at 1,115.7 points, with nearly 46 million shares being traded,equivalent to 2.46 trillion VND (107.77 million USD). There were 24 decliningstocks and five gainers while one ended flat.
The HNX30 Index, tracking the HNX’s 30 leadingshares in terms of market capitalisation and liquidity, edged down 3.32 pointsto 247.35 points. Some 41 million units were traded at 744 billion VND (32.67million USD).
UpCoM Index on the Unlisted Public CompanyMarket (UpCoM) declined by 0.3 point to 59.03 points. A total of 10 millionunits worth 215 billion VND (9.44 million USD) were traded.
The VNXALL-Index, the common index between thesouthern and northern bourses, lost 15.39 points to 1,589.18 points, with 183million units valued at around 4.59 trillion VND (201.49 million USD)traded.-VNA
