The VN-Index closed up 2.42 points or .2 percent Tuesday to finish the session at 1,188.48 edging ever closer to the elusive 1200 point mark. Foreign traders, however, were less optimistic, net-selling US$16.7 million worth of Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange Stock.
Trading history, foreign investors, last five trading days
| Buy | Sell | Change | ||||
| Date | VND* | US$ | VND* | US$ | VND* | US$ |
| 31/1 | 1,851 | $75,954,119 | 1,729 | $70,947,959 | 122 | $5,006,160 |
| 1/2 | 1,548 | $63,520,787 | 1,465 | $60,114,957 | 83 | $3,405,830 |
| 2/2 | 1,490 | $61,140,809 | 1,698 | $69,675,902 | -208 | -$8,535,093 |
| 5/2 | 1,572 | $64,505,605 | 1,516 | $62,207,696 | 56 | $2,297,910 |
| 6/2 | 1,474 | $60,484,263 | 1,882 | $77,226,176 | -408 | -$16,741,913 |
| Total | 7,935 | $325,605,584 | 8,290 | $340,172,689 | -355 | -$14,567,106 |
| *billions | ||||||