April 06, Stock market keep decreasing

Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Ending the 1778th trading session of the Vietnamese stock market, the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE) today May 6 continued falling on the stock market when the VN Index slipped another 2.93 points or 0.56% to 518.35 pts with the total matching order trade of over five million shares and fund certificates worth nearly 253 billion dong, marking the second consecutively decreasing session.

Among 154 shares and fund certificates being listed on the southern bourse, the stock market recorded 34 shares increasing while four others stood still at the reference price, 114 shares decreasing and two shares with no transaction.
Two shares with no transaction were BTC and VTC.

Out of top ten shares with the largest market capitalisation, three shares reached the ceiling price namely VNM up 2,000 dong to 138,000 dong and HPG and ITA leaped 1,000 dong to 65,000 and 74,000 dong per share. In addition, VPL also added 2,000 dong to 120,000 dong per share.

Meanwhile, DPM lost 500 to end at 52,000 dong per share, PVD dropped 2,000 dong to 117,000, STB slipped 600 to 32,300 dong, FPT slashed 1,500 dong to 78,000, SSI down 900 to 47,200 dong and BMI lost another 1,300 dong to 32,400 dong per share.
DPM reached the biggest trading volume with 586.880 shares and followed by PPC with 478,110 shares, VHG with 375,250 shares, VTO with 345,250 shares and others including HPG, VSH, SSI, VNM and PVD.

Foreign investors bought 57 share codes with the total volume of 3,365,210 shares. Of which, BT6 reached the biggest volume with 861,080 shares, followed by DPM with 408,650 shares, PPC with 310,370, VTO with 259,680 and others like HPG, VHG, VSH and VNM.

Similarly, the Hanoi Securities Trading Center (HaSTC) today May6kept decreasing impetus on the stock market as the HaSTC Index lost another 3.16 points or 1.89% to end at 163.89 pts with the total market trade of 2,007,900 shares worth nearly 74 billion dong.

Amongst 136 listed shares on the northern bourse, the stock market saw ten shares increasing while 99 others decreasing, four shares stood still and 23 shares with no trade.

Ten shares increasing included MIC added 2,900, BHV up 800 dong, PSC +1,000, HPC and S55 +700, DST, NVC and PVE +500, LBE +300 and VBH increased 200 dong per share.

Four shares stood still including CSG, KBC, LUT and VSC.
S99 showed the biggest decline when losing 2,400 dong and followed by ACB slipped 2,300 dong and BVS and SCJ dropped 2,100 dong.

PVS stood at the first place in trading volume with 379,900 shares, followed by CSG with 185,600, ACB with 157,800, PVI with 134,800 and NVC with 114,700 shares being traded.