The nation's two stock exchanges opened down on Tuesday on news late Monday that the nation's inflation rate had heated up in September, with one-month increase in consumer prices in both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City of nearly 1 percent.
On the HCM Stock Exchange, the VN-Index closed down by nearly 1 percent to 453.32, although the value of trades rose by 16 percent to VND1.7 trillion (US$87.2 million), on a volume of nearly 57.2 million shares.
Of the 10 leading shares by capitalization, only Bao Viet Holdings (BVH) and Masan Group (MSN) saw gains on the day. Overall, losers outnumbered gainers on the HCMC market by 142-56.
Ocean Group (OGC) surprised for the second day as the most-active share, generating a record volume of over 14.3 million shares – about 26 percent of overall market volume. But the shares, after declining early in the session, soared to their ceiling price by the end of the session, closing at VND37,600 ($1.93).
On the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Tuesday, the HNX-Index slid 1.31 percent to end the session at 131.57 points. The volume of trades dropped 23 percent to about 40.4 million shares, worth just over VND1 trillion ($51.3 million).
Declines outnumbered advancers by five-to-one, while seven of the 10 leading shares by capitalization declined.
PetroVietnam Construction (PVX) remained the most heavily-traded share on the northern bourse, with 5 million traded. PVX closed down 2 percent to VND24,300 ($1.25) per share.
Foreign investors were net buyers by value on the HCMC market on the same day of VND13.2 billion ($676,900) worth of shares, while they were net sellers in Hanoi of shares worth VND1.65 billion ($84,600).
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