In the April 18 session, proprietary traders net bought over VND 261 billion, with the main buying force in VIX at more than VND 127 billion, and FPT at over VND 62 billion. On the net selling side, MBB led but was also modest at VND 20 billion.
Source: VietstockFinance
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 Source: VietstockFinance
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Foreigners slightly net bought in today’s session, with a scale of over VND 11 billion, mainly thanks to net buying of nearly VND 267 billion in FPT, creating a large gap with the following stocks such as SHB and HPG.
On the contrary, VIX was the stock that was net sold the most, recording nearly VND 83 billion, followed by HCM with net selling of over VND 71 billion, and VHM with over VND 59 billion.
It is evident that VIX was the top net bought stock by proprietary traders, but on the other hand, it also led in terms of net selling by foreign investors.
| Block trading activities of foreign investors in the last 5 sessions |
| Top 10 stocks with the highest net trading volume by foreign investors on April 18 |
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