Market Pulse 21/02: Lingering Indecision Prevails

Investors remained cautious, resulting in slight gains and fluctuations in key indices. As of 10:30 am, the VN-Index rose by 0.89 points, trading around the 1,230 level. The HNX-Index increased by 0.39 points, trading around the 233 level.

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The number of slightly red colored stock codes in the VN30 basket is slightly dominant. Specifically, VIC, MWG, HPG, and HDB contribute 0.66 points, 0.51 points, 0.46 points, and 0.42 points respectively from the composite index. On the contrary, most of the banking stocks like STB, ACB, VPB, MBB… contribute positively to VN30 with over 6 points.

The banking stock group is being strongly bought, notable ones are STB up 3.26%, CTG up 1.28%, TPB up 2.13%, and SHB up 0.42%… As of 10:30, more than 2.633 trillion dong has been poured into this sector and the trading volume has reached over 109 million units.

Following that is the real estate sector, which also has an impressive increase with stocks like FDC hitting the ceiling, BCM up 2.19%, CCL up 1.71%, and KDH up 3.15% and NLG up 0.51%…

However, the securities sector has a contrasting trend with slight selling pressure on most stocks such as SSI, VND, VCI, SHS, and HCM falling by around 0.22% – 0.71%…

Compared to the beginning of the session, buyers still have an advantage. There are 314 stocks rising (18 stocks hitting the ceiling) and 278 stocks falling (10 stocks falling to the floor). The total trading volume on all 3 exchanges reached over 398 million units, equivalent to over 8.8 trillion dong.

9:30 am: Cautious at the beginning of the session

Light red appeared right at the beginning of the trading session, indicating the cautiousness of investors in the market. The main indices are fluctuating around the reference level.

VN-Index decreased more than 2 points and foreign investors are continuously net buyers, trading around 1,227 points; HNX-Index reached 234 points.

Red temporarily holds an advantage in the VN30 basket with 21 stocks falling, 9 stocks rising, and 0 stocks standing still. Among them, VIC, SSB, and HDB are the most negatively impacted stocks. On the contrary, STB, TPB, and VPB are the stocks with the strongest price increase.

The plastic-chemical manufacturing sector is one of the most volatile sectors in the market. Other stocks like DGC, DCM, DPM, AAA, and CSV are all showing positive signs.

The real estate sector is drowning in red right at the beginning of the trading session. Mainly from leading companies in the industry, VHM down 0.98%, VIC down 1.44%, VRE down 0.39%, and KBC down 0.47%.

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