Shares narrowed their fall on Tuesday morning thanks to the gains of some individual pillar stocks. Photo cafef.vn

Shares narrowed their fall on Tuesday morning thanks to the gains of some individual pillar stocks.

The benchmark VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange dropped 0.43 per cent to close at 899.47 points.

The VN-Index had lost 3.19 per cent to close at 903.34 points Monday.

More than 131.8 million shares were traded on the southern bourse, worth nearly VND2 trillion (US$86.4 million).

The market breadth was negative with 212 declining stocks and 109 gaining.

The large-cap tracker VN30-Index decreased by 0.01 per cent to close at 837.30 points.

Sixteen of the 30 largest stocks by market value and trading liquidity in the VN30 basket declined while 13 gained ground.

Large-cap gainers included Asia Commercial Bank (ACB), rising 0.4 per cent, Vietinbank (CTG), up by 1 per cent, FPT Corporation (FPT), climbing 0.2 per cent, Phú Nhuận Jewellery (PNJ), gaining 0.7 per cent.

On the Ha Noi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index gained 0.74 per cent to end Tuesday morning at 104.95 points.

The northern market index had dropped 3.62 per cent to end at 104.18 points Monday.

Nearly 28.2 million shares were traded on the northern bourse, worth VND328 billion. — VNS