The market opened strongly to an intraday peak of 552 drawing from yesterday's persisting momentum. However, after breaking through the technical resistance level of 545 yesterday, the VN-Index was again tested by the same resistance level today and lost 1 point in the end. Thus, the VN-Index was anchored down to close at 547.1, down 0.2%. After yesterday's positive news indicating the potential for an FOL increase, VNM again surged 1.6% today