Investors at the MBS exchange floor in Hanoi.(Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Shares sank for a second day on the twoexchanges, following investor fear of a market correction. The benchmark VN-Index on the Ho Chhi Minh Stock Exchange edgeddown 0.2 percent to close at 709.5 points, expanding the two-day loss to 1.1percent. On the Hanoi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index decreased 0.3 percentto end at 86.6 points. The northern index inched down 0.04 percent on theprevious day. Investors continued to stay away from large-cap stocks. Seventeenof the 30 largest shares by market value and liquidity in HCM City slumped,while only eight advanced. Insurance and bank stocks were among the biggest losers: largefirms such as Bao Viet Holdings (BVH), BIDV Insurance (BIC), PVI Holdings (PVI)and lenders BIDV (BID), Vietinbank (CTG), Military Bank (MBB), Vietcombank(VCB) and Sacombank (STB) declined between 0.5 percent and 1.9 percent. Insurance and bank stocks saw average decreases of 1.51 percentand 0.72 percent, respectively. “The market seems to have lost its growing momentum since theVN-Index exceeded 710 points,” stock analysts at Vietnam Investment SecuritiesCo wrote in their March 1’s report. Blue chips and large-cap stocks treaded water; only small capsmaintained the market uptrend, the report said. On the bright side, several stocks advanced thanks to positiveinformation.
Hoa Phat Group (HPG) climbed 2.3 percent following theannouncement that the company plans to adjust its profit target up 20 percentto 6 trillion VND in 2017. Budge𒉰t airline Vietjet hit the daily limit rise of 7 percent af❀terits debut on March 1, settling at 115,500 VND (5.07 USD) a share.
Liquidity improved with a total of 277.2 million shares worth acombined 4.1 trillion VND (180 million USD) being traded in the two markets, up12 percent in volume and 8 percent in value compared to the previous session. Foreign investors were net sellers in HCM City’s market for a tinyvalue of 1.2 billion VND, but they extended their net buying streak to sixconsecutive sessions on the Hanoi’s exchange with a net value of 6.4 billionVND. Vinamilk (VNM) continued to top their top buy list with a netvalue of 40.3 billion VND, following FLC Faros Construction Corp (ROS) withnearly 30 billion VND. – VNA
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Investors at the MBS exchange floor in Hanoi.(Photo: VNA) 
