Vietnam Daily Market Recap April 21

VN-Index edges down 0.2%, liquidity recovers

The VN-Index closed Tuesday at 1,833.48, down 3.63 points or 0.2%. Market breadth turned negative, with 94 advances, including five at their ceiling price, against 227 declines, with no stocks at floor price, and 56 unchanged. The HNX-Index fell 1.6% to 253.27. HoSE matched value rose 21% DoD to VND21.8tn (USD828mn), surpassing the 20-session average.

The VN30 closed at 2,007.08, down 0.1%, with nine advances and 21 declines and no stocks at floor or ceiling price within the basket.

Sixteen of 17 sectors declined. Real Estate rose 0.7%, the sole sector in positive territory. Retail Services fell 1.7%, Financial Services fell 1.5%, Construction & Materials fell 1.5%, Technology fell 2.0%, Chemicals fell 0.5%, Food & Beverage fell 0.5%, Utilities fell 0.4%, Resources fell 0.5%, Telecom fell 0.1%, Industrial Goods & Services fell 0.7%, Oil & Gas fell 0.1%, Insurance fell 1.0%, Healthcare fell 0.4%, Leisure & Entertainment fell 0.2%, Auto & Components fell 0.1%, and Banking fell 0.2%.

Foreign investors recorded net selling of VND427.4bn (USD16.2mn) on HoSE. On the sell side, FPT posted the largest outflow at VND171.2bn (USD6.5mn), followed by VCB at VND124.0bn (USD4.7mn), MSB at VND107.9bn (USD4.1mn), SSI at VND79.7bn (USD3.0mn) and ACB at VND69.9bn (USD2.7mn). On the buy side, FUEVFVND attracted VND293.8bn
(USD11.2mn), followed by HPG at VND291.6bn (USD11.1mn), MSN at VND79.8bn (USD3.0mn), EIB at VND61.0bn (USD2.3mn) and VJC at VND42.0bn (USD1.6mn).

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