Nearly 286 million shares worth over 9.2 trillionVND (404.8 million USD) were traded on the southern bourse on the day.
Among large-cap stocks, gainers included BaoViet Holdings (BVH), Vietcombank (VCB) and brewer Sabeco (SAB), whose shareswere up 700-5,000 VND each.
Meanwhile, the stocks of Vingroup (VIC) andconsumer goods producer Masan (MSN) declined by 3,900 VND and 2,000 VND pershare, respectively. Those of Vietinbank (CTG), PetroVietnam Gas (GAS) andVietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (VNM) fell 300-800 VND per share.
In the VN30, the 30 largest shares by marketcapitalisation, the prices of nine sharecodes increased, while 19 others experienced decreases.
The VN30-Inex dropped 9.62 points to 1,168.06 points, with 78 million unitsvalued at 4.3 trillion VND (189.2 million USD) changed hands.
Meanwhile, the HNX-Index on the Hanoi StockExchange was down 1.1 points to 136.68 points with 67 million units worth over1.14 trillion VND (50.04 million USD) being traded.
The HNX30, tracking the HNX’s 30 leading sharesin terms of market capitalisation and liquidity, retreated 3.06 points toclose at 258.94 points with 50 million units traded at more than 1 trillion VND(44.1 million USD).
The UPCOM Index on the Unlisted Public CompanyMarket (UPCoM) decreased slightly 0.03 percent to settle at 60.42 points. Nearly27 million units were sold at 746 billion VND (32.74 million USD).-VNA