Despite starting off Wednesday’s session in positive territory, the VN-Index plunged in afternoon trading to close down by 1.3% as blue-chip stocks weighed heavily on the index with 26 of the VN30 Index’s 30 components declining. Vingroup tickers VHM (-2.4%), VIC (-1.6%) and VRE (-2.0%) decreased. Most banks fell, including VCB (-1.9%), BID (-2.2%) and TCB (-1.8%). Conversely, CTG (+1.2%) was the leading contributor among gainers, hitting a one-month high. gVR (-3.7%) retreated a