Shares manage to gain as large-caps return VN-Index maintained a downward trend in the morning but recovered in the afternoon thanks to the growth of some individual large-cap stocks.

Shares slide amid weak investor sentiment

Share slid on Wednesday as the spread of CO-VID 19 virus has dampened investor sentiment, triggering worries about a possible pandemic.

Shares bounce back on bottom purchases Shares reclaimed some of the ground lost in the previous day’s sharp sell-off on worries about the COVID-19 outbreak.

Company profit growth to slow down in 2020: reports

Corporate earnings were forecast to slow in 2020 as the economy became more vulnerable to external factors, data firms and securities businesses forecast.

2 State-owned banks allowed to increase charter capital The Government has decided to allow Vietcombank and Vietinbank to increase their charter capital by VNĐ10 trillion (US$434.8 million) in the first quarter of this year, but it has not said how they could do so.

Foreign capital keeps flowing out to weigh on VN stocks Last week’s net-selling figure jumped nearly 600 per cent from the number recorded in the previous week.

VN stocks fall as investors look for short-term profits Vietnamese shares declined on Friday as investors looked for profits in large-caps and the banking sector.

VN-Index steadies amid scepticism The VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange inched up 0.09 per cent to close at 928.76 points.

VN banks more open for EU investors under newly-approved trade pact Investors from the EU will have opportunities to own higher stakes in Vietnamese banks than those from other countries under Việt Nam’s commitments in the EU-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA).

Shares subdued as market shakes Weak support of banking stocks could not rescue shares from falling on Friday, causing the VN-Index to struggle during the session.