At the close of trading, the VN-Index plummeted 94.76 points (-5.47%), settling at 1,636.43 points, while the HNX-Index dropped 13.09 points (-4.74%), closing at 263.02 points. Market breadth was overwhelmingly negative, with 686 decliners (including 150 at the lower limit) versus just 140 advancers. Similarly, all constituents of the VN30 basket ended the session in the red.