Stock market marks 9th consecutive decline

Thursday, May 15, 2008
Today stock market continued falling, marking the ninth consecutively decreasing session. The VN Index slipped another 8.83 points or 1.85% to close at 466.67 pts with the total matching order trade of 2,488,880 shares and fund certificates worth 117.777 billion dong.

Among 154 shares and fund certificates being listed on the southern bourse, the stock market witnessed two shares increasing while two others with no traders and 150 others decreasing to the floor price.

Two gainers were VHG and PMS by adding 500 dong to 27,300 dong and 29,200 dong per share.

Two shares with no trades were DPM and HRC.

DPR took the first place in trading volume with 174,740 shares, DPM with 114,400, VHG (88,640), STB (76,900) and VHC with 73,570 shares.

Foreign investors bought 47 share codes and one fund certificate with the total volume of 614,230 shares and fund certificate, of which DPR reached the biggest trading volume with 128,480 shares, ITA with 66,200, VHC with 50,000 ad VHG with 48,650 shares.

Like the southern bourse, the Hanoi Securities Trading Center (HaSTC) today May 15 still kept decreasing impetus from previous trading sessions on the stock market by falling another 2.76 points or 1.91% to end at 142.09 pts with the total market trade of 812,050 shares worth nearly 26 billion dong.

Amongst 136 listed shares on the northern bourse, the stock market recorded four shares increasing while 102 others decreasing, two shares stood still and 28 shares with no trades.

Four shares increasing were CAP up 400 dong, CJC added 200 dong, NVC and VTS jumped 500 dong per share.

Two shares stood still namely KBC and TKU.

MIC showed the strongest decline when losing 3,100 dong and followed by ACB lost 1,900 dong, VSP slipped 1,800, BVS slipped 1,700, SCJ plunged 1,600, RCL tumbled 1,500 and NBC and VDL dropped 1,300 dong.

ACB, TBC and NTP reached the biggest trading volume with 119,400 shares, 118,700 and 100,200 shares respectively. Others reached the trading volume of below 100,000 shares like NVC, VFR and POT.