May 21, VN-Index continues drop, market trade rises

Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Today the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HOSE) continued falling, marking the 13th consecutively decreasing session. The VN Index dropped another 7.49 points or 1.66% to close at 441.75 pts with the total matching order trade of over 5,221,800 shares and fund certificates worth 239 billion dong. After 13 declines, the VN Index lost 80.61 points in total.

Among 151 shares and three fund certificates being listed on the southern bourse, the stock market saw two shares increasing, six others stood still, six with no trades and 140 shares decreasing.
Two gainers were SSC and NHC by adding 500 dong to 29,400 dong and 27,900 dong per share.

Six shares with no trades were BTC, COM, PAC, SJ1, VFC and VIS.
DPM stood at the first place in trading volume with 429,010 shares being transferred and followed by SSI with 222,400, ANV with 142,720, DPR with 141,340, HPG with 103,620, VHG with 103,390 and others with below 100,000 shares like FPT, ITA, PVD and HRC.

Foreign investors bought 69 share codes and two fund certificates with the total volume of 3,193,020 units. Of which, BBC reached the biggest trading volume with 851,940 shares, followed by PPC with 330,930, DPM with 312,670, SSI with 220,860, PVD with 154,210 and ANV with 138,140 shares being traded.

Like previous sessions, the Hanoi Securities Trading Center (HaSTC) today May 21 still kept decreasing impetus on the stock market by falling another 2.46 points or 1.82% to end at 132.75 pts with the total market trade of 933,940 shares worth nearly 32 billion dong.

Amongst 137 listed shares on the northern bourse, the stock market recorded eight shares increasing while 89 others decreasing, six shares stood still and 34 shares with no trades.
Eight shares increasing were NVC, S99 and VC3 bounced 800 dong, LTC jumped 500 dong, CTB leaped 400, BTH and CJC up 200 and DHI added 100 dong per share.

Six shares stood still including BCC, DAC, DST, KBC, PPG and XMC.
MIC was the biggest loser when losing 2,800 dong and followed by ACB lost 1,700, VSP—1,600, BVS—1,500, RCL and SCJ—1,400 and NTP and VDL slipped 1,100 dong per share.

ACB reached the biggest trading volume with 196,800 shares and followed by TBC with 104,800 and PVI with 67,600 shares.