VN-Index increased slightly on October 23, breaking the streak of 3 consecutive sessions of decline.

VN-Index increased by more than 1 point in today's session, reaching nearly 1,271 points thanks to foreign investors breaking the 8-session net selling streak.

Before today's trading session, some experts said that investors should be cautious, portfolio managers should closely monitor short-term market developments to see how long this correction trend will last. Stocks with good fundamentals and positive third-quarter business results are the focus of monitoring after confirming the balance appears.

VN-Index opened the session on October 23 in green. However, from the middle of the morning session, the stock holders regained the upper hand with selling pressure gradually increasing, causing the market to be covered in red. After the lunch break, investors' cautious sentiment appeared, causing the index to continuously reverse from decrease to increase and vice versa. VN-Index closed the session at 1,270.9 points, up 1.01 points from the reference and breaking the 3-session losing streak.

Market breadth was skewed to the upside with 204 stocks closing in the green, while the number of stocks declining was only 156. The large-cap basket was similar with 14 stocks rising and 11 stocks falling below the reference.

VIC led the list of stocks with the most positive impact on the VN-Index when accumulating 2.37% compared to the reference, up to 43,200 VND.FPT , STB, TPB, MSN, PLX and PDR shared the next positions in the group of stocks that contributed the most to today's increase.

The aviation group joined the market's excitement as most stocks closed in the green. Specifically, SGN increased 1.4% to VND79,300, SCS increased 0.6% to VND78,000, NCT increased 0.5% to VND116,000 and VJC increased 0.2% to VND104,400.

The seaport group also contributed significantly to today's increase. Pillar codes PVT, HAH and DVP increased 1.6% to VND27,800, 0.8% to VND42,100 and 0.3% to VND76,700, respectively.

On the other hand, VHM fell 2.59% to VND47,000, becoming the stock with the most negative impact on the VN-Index. The next names on the list that weighed down the index were BID, HPG, VPB, GVR, MWG, QCG. Of which, QCG was the only real estate stock that fell all the way to VND10,300 and closed with no buyers.

VN-Index increased on the basis of weak liquidity when the trading volume reached about 590 million shares, down more than 204 million units compared to the previous session. The trading value accordingly reached 14,051 billion VND, down 5,040 billion VND compared to yesterday's session and the lowest level in nearly a week.

VHM ranked first in terms of order matching value, reaching approximately VND 1,560 billion (equivalent to 33.3 million shares), far exceeding the following stocks,VIB by about VND 450 billion (equivalent to 24.2 million shares) and STB by nearly VND 427 billion (equivalent to 12.1 million shares).

Foreign investors returned to net buying after a series of fierce selling for 8 consecutive sessions. Specifically, this group disbursed nearly 1,142 billion VND to buy 36.9 million shares while selling 36.2 million shares, equivalent to a transaction value of more than 1,132 billion VND. The net buying value was accordingly more than 9 billion VND.

On the HoSE floor, foreign investors focused on buying TCB with a net value of about VND145 billion, followed by STB with a net absorption of VND56.5 billion, MSN with VND37.7 billion. On the contrary, foreign investors sold VHM with a net value of VND87.3 billion, followed by HPG with more than VND56.6 billion and SHS with VND46.7 billion.

Source: https://baodautu.vn/vn-index-tang-nhe-phien-2310-ngat-chuoi-giam-3-phien-lien-tiep-d228166.html