Stock market: Vietnam's VN-Index falls, foreign traders offload net US$58 million, Thursday
The VN-Index closed at 1,665.18 on 18 September 2025, down 5.79 points or 0.35 percent, according to data from the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange → view source.
Total market trading value reached VND 27.99 trillion or about US$1.08 billion.
Foreign investors were net sellers, offloading shares worth VND 3.78 trillion or US$145 million while buying VND 2.26 trillion or US$87 million, resulting in a net outflow of VND 1.52 trillion or US$58 million.
Their trading accounted for more than 10 percent of market value.
Top traded stocks by volume included HPG with nearly 79 million shares, SHB with 61 million, and VND with 32 million.
The session’s strongest gainers were HU1 and COM, both up 6.98 percent, while the steepest losers were DAH down 6.86 percent and CLW down 6.85 percent.
In sector performance, real estate rose 0.66 percent, and consumer goods advanced 0.44 percent.
By contrast, information technology plunged 2.39 percent, and energy dropped 1.38 percent.
The market was pressured by foreign outflows and weakness in IT and energy, but gains in real estate and construction offered some support.
