Stocks fall to one-month low

The drop not only cut the consecutive increases from the beginning of the week but also caused the index representing the Ho Chi Minh City stock exchange to return to its lowest price range in nearly a month.

In Hanoi, the HNX-Index dropped 2.4 points to 205.85 points while UPCoM-Index fell 0.62 points to 78.11 points.

Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) increased by 1.52% to VND9.72 trillion (413.88 million million).

Five blue chips gained, led by SAB of brewer Sabeco with a 2.8% gain.

Among the 10 shares with the most negative impacts on the VN-Index, seven are in the groups of banking and real estate while the remaining three shares belong to the energy and industrial groups.