Yesterday's trading patterned repeated with the majority of trading focused on smaller players while large caps like VNM (-4.8%) and FPT (-3.7%) retreated on profit taking. VNM’s weak opening widened to a lost of nearly 5% the end of the session, accounting for more than 3.5 negative index points, pushing the VNI to close at 605.05 point (-0.66%). Vietnam’s largest listed steel producer, HPG, surged 2% after announcing solid 10-month steel sales.