The indexes of both the northern and southern bourses
continued to suffered sharp losses today. The VN-Index closed below 450
points while the HASTC-Index also dropped below 150 points.


Offers far exceeded bids, thus a majority of stocks suffered losses. Liquidity was also reported to be reduced.


Ending the session today, VN-Index lost 18.71 points
or 4.1% to close at 437.24. Only nearly 14.4 million units were traded
at VND 521 billion.


Only 12 stocks listed on the southern bourse reported gains while 149 suffered loss and two others stayed still.


Investors on the northern bourse also paid attention
to selling orders. Offers were far exceeded bids. Thus, only five
stocks were gainers while 141 were decliners out of the total 149
listed stocks.


The HASTC-Index closed below 150 points at 144.74 as
it lost 10.34 points or 6.67%. Trading volume also reduced compared to
the previous session, with nearly 8 million units traded for VND 290
billion.