VN-Index plunges with rising trade

The index closed 19 points lower after gaining nearly 23 points on Thursday. It has lost 67 points this week as global markets plunged due to concerns of inflation and disrupted supply chains.

Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) increased by 17.5 percent to VND17.33 trillion, highest in four sessions. The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 22 tickers dropped.

SSI dropped 7 percent to the lowest since March last year in its seventh losing session in a row.

It was followed by eight banking stocks, losing between 6.4 percent and 3.6 percent, including MBB of lender MB, TPB of private TPBank and CTG of state-owned lender VietinBank.

Five blue chips rose, with MSN of conglomerate Masan Group rising 5.7 percent and GAS of state-owned Petrovietnam Gas gaining 4.7 percent.

Foreign investors were net buyers to the tune of VND309.68 billion, mainly picking up HPG of steelmaker Hoa Phat Group and VND of brokerage VNDirect.

The HNX-Index at the Hanoi Stock Exchange, where mid and small caps list, was down 2.68 percent while the UPCoM-Index at the Unlisted Public Companies Market was down by 2.41 percent.