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The index closed 0.3 points lower after losing 8.51 points on Thursday.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) fell by 11.37% to VND9.30 trillion ($396.60 million).
The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 20 tickers fall.
PDR of Phat Dat Real Estate Development dropped 1.5%, followed by CTG of state-owned lender VietinBank and SSI of leading brokerage SSI Securities Corporation, both with a 1.4% decline.
GVR of Vietnam Rubber Group lost 1.3%, and TCB of the largest private lender Techcombank fell 1.2%.
Nine blue chips gained.
MSN of conglomerate Masan Group rose 3.4%, followed by VCB of state-owned lender Vietcombank with a 1.5%.
Foreign investors were net sellers to the tune of VND175.83 billion, mainly selling STB of Ho Chi Minh City-based lender Sacombank and CTG of state-owned lender VietinBank.
The HNX-Index at the Hanoi Stock Exchange, where mid and small caps list, was down 0.17% while the UPCoM-Index at the Unlisted Public Companies Market was up by 0.38%.
