Choppy trading as blue chips seek direction. Trading was choppy as blue chip stocks pushed the VNI in and out of positive territory. At one point the main index reached a high of 613.8 points but eventually closed up down 1.7 points (or -0.28%) at 610.66 points. VNM (-1.6%), BVH (-3.2%) and FPT (-1.9%) were the main drivers of today's choppy pattern in part due to lack of news flow. In the end, all three tickers closed in the red and collectively took away more than 2 points from the index.