Vietnam Insight

In regular trading on Thursday, the Dow fell 0.14%, the S&P 500 dropped 0.21% and the Nasdaq Composite shed 0.05%. Those moves came as US consumer inflation numbers slowed less than expected in September, raising concerns that further hot inflation data could force the Federal Reserve to skip a rate cut in December or January.

The VNINDEX closed at 1,286.36 points, up 4.51 points (+0.35%) with average liquidity flat over the past 20 sessions. The market saw 163 gainers and 206 decliners. Stocks contributing to the market's uptrend included FPT, VCB, and MSN, while STB, VHM, and HPG contributed to the decline. Foreign investors net bought over 505 billion dong

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