Stock market suffers sharpest fall in history as new COVID-19 cases found
Vietnam’s stock market suffered its sharpest drop in history on January 28 as a result of panic selling after new community transmissions of the coronavirus were reported.
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam’s stock market suffered its sharpestdrop in history on January 28 as a result of panic selling after new community transmissionsof the coronavirus were reported.
The benchmark VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) tumbled73.23 points, or 6.67 percent, to close at 1,023.94 points. It was the biggestcontraction in its history. Declines were seen in a total of 473 stocks, 276 ofwhich hit their floor price. Only 12 rose while 12 remained unchanged.
On the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX), the HNX-Index also experienced its biggest-everfall, plunging 17.74 points, or 8.03 percent, to end the session at 203.05points. It was dominated by 214 declining shares, including 131 touching their floorprice. Only 29 stocks gained ground while 17 were at their reference price.
The UPCoM-Index plummeted 7.17 percent to 69.12 points, with 253 stocks falling,including 100 that hit their floor.
Twenty-nine of the 30 large-cap stocks in the VN30 basket fell, with 28touching their floor.
Strong foreign buying was the silver lining, at over 482 billion VND(20.88 million USD) on HoSE, 26.94 billion VND on HNX, and 53.12 billion VND onUPCoM./.
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