The index performed positively in most of the session, but sudden strong selling pressure hit the market in the last trading minutes, causing the benchmark to reverse. On the southern bourse, liquidity fell back to VNĐ13.6 trillion (US$556.4 million), equivalent to a trading volume of nearly 610.5 million shares. Similarly, on the Hà Nội Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index declined 6.43 points, or 2.72 per cent, to 230.03 points. During the trading day, investors poured over VNĐ2 trillion into the market, with a trading volume of 94.9 million shares. Specifically, they net bought VNĐ17.67 billion on HoSE and nearly VNĐ92.4 billion on HNX.