Stocks today June 12: VN-Index lost points at the end of the session

VN-Index regained the 1,800 point mark as soon as it opened, then jumped nearly 15 points higher than reference. After the first 20 minutes, the representative index gradually lowered its height although green still accounted for more than half of the entire HoSE floor. In the second half of the morning, the market almost moved sideways around 1,800 points.

In the early afternoon, stocks had a stronger but unsustainable increase. After 14:00, the general index gradually fell to a lower price range, during the ATC session it was also pushed to nearly 1,780 points. The main pressure came from the group of pillar stocks when the VN30 index was also dyed red at the same time.

Improving before closing, VN-Index stopped at nearly 1,792 points, down nearly 7 points compared to yesterday. This is the second consecutive session that stocks have gone backwards.

On the entire HoSE floor, there were 175 stocks that decreased, more than 114 stocks that increased. Groups with poor performance today are insurance, real estate, chemicals, and resources. Meanwhile, cash flow still goes to the construction and materials industries, utility services, and technology.

According to VnDirect data, the group of “vin” stocks contributed 7 points to the decrease of VN-Index. On the contrary, the market was supported by GAS, TCB, VJC, TPB… Led by PV Gas’s GAS as this code increased by 3.2% to 85,100 VND.

Liquidity today improved by more than 61%, to over 16,300 billion VND. However, this is the 6th consecutive session that the market has a trading value below the threshold of 20,000 billion, showing that a cautious mentality still covers investors.

Foreign investors continued to net sell about 491 billion VND, for the 5th consecutive session. The pressure mainly focused on VIC, VHM, MBB, MWG, VPB… However, no stock was net sold over a hundred billion.

Stocks experienced a week of strong fluctuations. VN-Index decreased more than 47 points, the 4th consecutive week of adjustment. Liquidity always remains low, showing that selling pressure at low price areas cannot yet prevail absolutely. However, this is also a sign that investors are very cautious, the buying force that appears is only tentative instead of strongly “fishing for the bottom”.

In the news before trading hours this morning, VPBank Securities (VPX) said that selling pressure has shown signs of decreasing when many stock groups began to appear out of supply. However, demand has not really improved, leaving the market without enough motivation to form a clear recovery. Liquidity continues to decline, showing that large cash flows are still being observed, and current buying activities are mainly exploratory.

General comments on market valuation, Saigon – Hanoi Securities (SHS) said that currently most industry groups have returned to the price range at the beginning of the year. Many mid-cap real estate and industrial park stocks returned to the April 2025 price range. Therefore, short-term supply pressure decreased, leading to a sharp decline in market liquidity. Investors are advised to maintain a reasonable proportion. The investment objective is towards codes with good fundamentals, leading in strategic industries, with outstanding growth of the economy.