Article: STOCKS - VIETNAMESE SHARES CLOSE LOWER - JULY 18, 2008.

HANOI, July 18 Asia Pulse - 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 per cent 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 per cent increase and FPT of the Corporation for Financing and Promoting Technology with 2.25 per cent.

Trade volume stayed at 26.65 million shares with a turnover of 1.06 trillion VND (US$63.93 million), showing strong activity the second time this ...

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