After five upward sessions, VN-Index dips

Hanoi (VNA) - The VN-Index ended a run of five consecutive
upward sessions on August 28 by falling 14.16 points to close at 547.69 points. A record volume of more than 36.7 million shares changed hands worth more than 1.6 trillion VND ( 97 million USD).

Of the listed shares and fund certificates on the HCM Stock Exchange,
these were 38 gainers, 117 losers - five remained unchanged.

Strong increases were seen in Song Da Urban&Industrial Zone Investment and
Development Joint Stock Company (SJS). Shares rose by 6,000 VND to stand at
129,000 VND.

This was followed by shares in the corporation for Financing and Promoting
Technology (FPT), which rose 5,000 VND to close at 121,000 VND, and
shares in Sai Gon Securities Ins (SSI) were up 3,000 VND to end at 64,000
VND.

Decreases were also recorded for TCT, BMC, SGH and VSC.

Blue chip stocks mostly went down, including Sacombank (STB), Phu My
Fertiliser (DPM), Hoa Phat Group(HPG), Tan Tao Industrial Corporation (ITA),
Pha Lai Thermal Power Plant (PPC) and Petro Drilling (PVD).

Heavily-traded stocks included STB with 4.72 million shares, SAM (2.99
million) and SSI (2.19 million shares).

In Hanoi , the HASTC-Index was also down 4.91 points to end the day at
185.15 points. A high volume of 19.9 million shares changed hands.

Kim Long Securities was the most active with 3.25 million shares changing
hands. It was followed by Bim Son Cement (BCC) with 2.02 million shares,
Song Da 7 with 1.09 million shares and ACB with 1.086 million
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