While foreign investors churn their holdings among themselves, desk prop desks accumulate stocks for the first time this month. The VNIndex ended in negative territory despite managing to recover somewhat from its earlier tumble. The HSX tapered off 0.9 points to 396.51 (-0.23%) irrespective of improved market breadth. Advancers outpaced laggards, 108:83 with 39 limit-ups. The VN30 underperformed as it plunged 2.54 points to 443.54 (-0.57%) though advancers also outnumbered laggards by 12:7. The