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Article: VN-Index falls; investors seek pre-weekend profit.
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- Vietnamese News Agency
- Article date:
- July 19, 2008
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Hanoi, July 19 (VNA) - Looking to make a profit before the weekend, investors unloaded shares on July 18, pulling the VN-Index down to 483.05, a soft decline of 1.38 percent or 6.78 points.
Of the total 156 shares on the Ho Chi Minh City bourse, and excluding BBT of Bach Tuyet Cotton Co., 123 codes slid and 24 gained. Some good stocks continued on the upswing, including HPG of Hoa Phat Group with a 2.88 percent increase and FPT of the Corporation for Financing and Promoting Technology with 2.25 percent.
Trade volume stayed at 26.65 million shares with a turnover of 1.06 trillion VND (63.93 million USD), showing strong activity the second time this week.