The trading session on the afternoon of September 18 recorded increased demand, helping the VN-Index narrow down. VIC became the focus when it increased 1.3% to VND145,000/share, bringing Vingroup's capitalization to VND562,000 billion.
With this result, Vingroup officially surpassed Vietcombank, a company that has long held the No. 1 position in terms of capitalization, currently with VND 533,000 billion after shares decreased by 1.4% to VND 63,900/unit.
According to Forbes data, by the afternoon of September 18, Vingroup Chairman Pham Nhat Vuong's assets increased by nearly 800 million USD (equivalent to 5.9%), bringing their total net worth to 14.3 billion USD, ranking 186th in the list of billionaires in the world.
In contrast to VIC, the banking group continues to be an obstacle for the market. VCB (-2%), ACB (-2.3%), VPB (-2%) and STB (-1.3%) all adjusted, only TCB (+0.2%) and LPB (+0.2%) maintained a light green color. In addition, GAS (1.6%) and a series of PVD oil and gas stocks (1.2%) and BSR (1.1%) also recorded a decrease.
Securities group has Differentiation: SSI kept the reference, VIX increased by 1.4%, while VND, VCI, HCM, SHS decreased by around 12%. VHM and STB, along with VIC, played a supporting role in the index, helping the VN-Index not to fall further.
Today is also the derivatives expiration session, liquidity decreased towards the end of the session, reflecting the cautious sentiment when the VN-Index moved around the 1,6701,680 point range.
At the end of the session, VN-Index decreased by 5.79 points (0.35%) to 1,665.18 points. HNX-Index decreased by 0.26% to 276.92 points, UPCoM-Index decreased by 0.61% to 111.10 points. HoSE liquidity only reached more than VND 27,600 billion. Foreign investors have stepped up net sales of more than VND 1,665 billion, focusing on VIC, VHM, SSI, VIX codes.
