Infographic: VN-Index records sharpest decline in weeks
On the late afternoon of August 22, the VN-Index dropped by 42.53 points, equivalent to 2.52%, to 1,645.47 points. The trading session saw 76 stocks gain, 275 falls, and 27 remain unchanged.
Global gold prices reversed course and fell to 4,165 USD per ounce on October 17 amid persistently high US inflation. In the domestic market, SJC gold bar and ring prices both dropped by 300,000 VND per tael, quoted at 143.6 million VND and 143.1 million VND per tael, respectively.