Strong selling pressure forced Duc Giang Chemicals Group's (DGC) stock to close with no buyers. The unsold volume at the floor price reached nearly 14.4 million units, equivalent to about 4% of the company's capital. Trading volume during the session was only 4 million shares. This marks the second consecutive session DGC stock has hit its floor price. The group's market capitalization stands at approximately 30,572 billion VND, nearly 31% lower than at the beginning of the year.

Beyond DGC, Vietjet's (VJC) stock also saw its second consecutive session of decline, falling to 185,100 VND per unit. This stock contributed to a 0.91-point drop in the VN-Index.

Conversely, VPL increased by 3.6% to 87,900 VND per share. As a result, this stock contributed the most to the overall index, adding 1.56 points. GEE and BID also each contributed about 1 point to the index.

Following these developments, the VN-Index snapped its gaining streak after yesterday's boost, trading in the red for most of the session. By the end of the day, the benchmark index for the Ho Chi Minh City exchange fell by 5.52 points, closing at 1,673 points.

On the HoSE, a total of 206 stocks declined, nearly double the number of advancing stocks, while 54 stocks remained unchanged. By sector, utilities experienced the sharpest decline at 1.77%. Banking, real estate, and food and beverage sectors also faced heavy selling.

Industrial goods and services continued to attract investor capital, rising by 1.25%, followed by technology, telecommunications, and insurance.

Liquidity across all three exchanges reached nearly 20,772 billion VND, with the HoSE accounting for 92%. Foreign investors recorded their third consecutive net buying session, amounting to nearly 5 billion VND. Specifically, this group spent over a hundred billion VND to accumulate HDB and FPT, but net sold nearly 171 billion VND of VIC shares.

Trong Hieu