VN-Index plunged for the 6th session in a row

The negative sentiment in the market caused many small and medium-cap stocks in real estate, construction, oil and gas, seafood… today simultaneously fell to the floor, “white buyers” under pressure of “discharge” goods” strong.

A few securities codes such as PSI, HBS, WSS, VIG.. had another session with a full loss. However, the securities group also had many pillar codes that recovered and regained the green color with a strong increase such as: BSI, CSI, CTS, EVS, FTS, HCM, VCI, SSI, VDS…

Petroleum stocks with a series of codes PVB, PVD, PVC, PVS fell to the floor. In which, BSR, OIL, PLX, PVT decreased very deeply.

Along with oil and gas group, real estate stocks also fell to the floor at the same time. Stocks in the Louis ecosystem, such as BII, TGG, AGM, and SMT, still fell to the floor.

Meanwhile, banking stocks were also less negative compared to the morning session when BID, CTG, LPB, MBB, SSB, STB, TCB, VIB, TPB gained, helping the market to be somewhat less gloomy.

In the large-cap group, VHM dropped 4.2% today, the most negative impact on VN-Index with more than 3 points reduction; Besides, GVR, VIC, BCM, GAS, VJC, NVL, DIG… flooded with red color, making it difficult for the market to recover.

Against the market, insurance stocks had a strong gainer with MIG hitting the limit, BVH gaining 3.9%. Stocks like BIC, BMI, PRE, and PRE also increased strongly.

Notably, today’s session, foreign investors continued to be strong net buyers. Specifically, this group net bought nearly 935 billion dong on HOSE, while sold 14.78 billion dong on HNX and nearly 240 million dong on UPCOM. The strongest net buying stocks were VRE, VNM, NLG, MSN, DXG.

During most of the trading time, large stocks in the VN30 basket traded with the role of support, even at one time VN-Index surpassed and recovered to regain the green color. However, strong selling pressure in derivative expiration made the index drop again. By the end of the session, the VN30 basket had 11 gainers, while 17 declined and 2 stood at reference.

At the end of the trading session on April 21, VN-Index decreased by 14.51 points to 1,370.21 points. From the historic peak at 1,532 points, the main index of HOSE has dropped to more than 162 points, equivalent to a decrease of more than 10.4%.

Trading volume on HOSE reached more than 810.6 million units, equivalent to more than 23,787 billion VND. The whole floor had 132 stocks of increasing price, 311 stocks of decreasing and 58 stocks of standing still.

This was the 6th consecutive drop of the main index with a total drop of 107 points (-7.24%). In the last 10 sessions, VN-Index also dropped for 9 sessions, causing investors’ assets to “evaporate” dizzy.

HNX-Index fell 13.43 points to 366.61 points. Trading volume reached more than 111.5 million units, equivalent to more than 2,606.4 billion VND. The whole floor had 8 stocks of gaining, 189 stocks of decreasing and 39 stocks of standing still.

UPCOM-Index dropped 1.51 points to 104.89 points. Trading volume reached more than 82.1 million units, equivalent to more than 1,641.2 billion VND. The whole floor had 79 stocks of gaining, 252 stocks of decreasing and 61 stocks of standing still.

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