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Shares slide on selling pressure

HÀ NỘI — Shares declined on Wednesday morning as large-caps were hit by selling pressure.

The benchmark VN-Index on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange edged down 0.0 九 per cent to close at  九 八 六. 三 五 points.

More than  九 二. 三 million shares were traded on the southern bourse, worth VNĐ 一. 七 trillion (US$ 七 三 million).

The index rose 0. 三 七 per cent to close Tuesday at  九 八 七. 一 九 points.

Large-cap stocks such as Vietinbank (CTG), HDBank (HDB), Vietnam Airlines Corporation (HVN), Việt Nam National Petroleum Group (PLX), Vinhomes (VHM), Vicostone JSC (VCS) and Vinamilk (VNM) were strongly hit and caused the market indexes to drop below the reference level.

Among small and medium stocks, FLC Group JSC (FLC) extended its decline to  五 per cent to VND 四, 三 八0 per share and  一 一. 七 million shares were matched. Duc Quan Investment and Development Joint Stock Company (FTM) also decreased by  四. 一 per cent to VNĐ 三, 七 七0 per share.

The sectors that also saw stocks decrease were securities, insurance, oil and gas, banking, food and beverage, rubber production, seafood processing, construction and agriculture.

On the positive side, information and technology, wholesale, retail, real estate and healthcare were among the sectors that pushed up the market.

On the Hà Nội Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index lost 0. 一0 per cent to end at  一0 四. 三 九 points.

More than  九. 八 million shares were exchanged on the northern bourse, worth VNĐ 一 一 九 billion.

The northern market index rose 0. 四 七 per cent to end Tuesday at  一0 四. 四 九 points. — VNS