BSC Brief | 17.09: The sideways trend continues.

MARKET OUTLOOK
After a day of tug-of-war, the VN-Index closed nearly 10 points lower compared to yesterday. Market breadth tilted negative with 13 out of 18 sectors declining, led by Retail, followed by Automobiles & Parts, Financial Services, Basic Resources, etc. Regarding foreign trading, today they were net sellers on HSX and net buyers on HNX and UPCOM. Although sideways movement remains the dominant trend, the market is showing signs of bottom-fishing inflows at lower price levels. In the upcoming sessions, the VN-Index needs a guiding candle along with supportive liquidity to break out of the 1,600 – 1,696 range. Some noteworthy events ahead: September 18 marks the VN30 futures contract expiry, and September 19 is expected to be the ETF portfolio rebalancing date.

FUTURES CONTRACTS
 Most futures contracts increased, moving in the opposite direction of the VN30.

COVERED WARRANTS
During the trading session on 17/09/2025, warrants fluctuated according to the struggling movement of the underlying stocks.

HIGHLIGHT
• VN-Index -9.93 points, closing at 1670.97 points. HNX-Index -1.35 points, closing at 277.63 points.
• Pulling the index up: VIC (+7.77), FPT (+0.81), GAS (+0.72), LPB (+0.28), VNM (+0.20).
• Pulling the index down: BID (-1.68), VCB (-1.54), CTG (-1.35), HPG (-1.31), VPB (-1.27).
• The matched trade value of VN-Index reached VND 29,533 billion, decreased -21.78% compared to the previous session. The total transaction value reached VND 32,506 billion.
• The trading range is 21.99 points. The market had 119 gainers, 54 remaining unchanged, 201 losers.
• Foreign investors' net selling value: VND -137.67 billion on HOSE, including MSN (VND -141.70 billion), VPB (VND -92.81 billion), VHM (VND -90.91 billion), SSI (VND -69.44 billion), STB (VND -64.36 billion). Foreign investors were net buyers on HNX with the value of VND 17.61 billion.

BSC30, BSC50 PERFORMANCE
• BSC30 -1.46%. Positive stocks: FPT (+1.93%), PVS (+0.85%), VNM (+0.62%).
• BSC50 -0.77%. Positive stocks: VIC (+6.00%), CMG (+2.77%), GAS (+2.07%).