Vietnamese shares dipped on Tuesday as foreign capital was withdrawn on worries about geopolitical instability in the region.

The negative movement of the US stock market last night seems to have dampened the mood of domestic investors, sending the local indexes into a decline on Tuesday morning.

Vietnamese shares finished almost flat on Monday as investors were discouraged from making new purchases amid a lack of supporting information.

Around 100,000 futures contracts of Vietnam’s 30 biggest market cap stocks are traded daily on the derivatives exchange.

Vietnamese shares made slight gains on Monday morning while investors remained cautious amid the uncertainty of global markets.

Vietstock and Finance and Life online newspaper FiLi.vn of the Việt Nam Association of Financial Executives gave away this year’s IR Awards to 18 listed companies for having the best investor relations at a ceremony in HCM City on Friday.

After two years of operation, smaller securities firms in terms of market capitalisation have beaten big players in derivatives brokerage market share.

Shares are forecast to suffer this week after negative developments in US-China trade relations.

Shares unexpectedly dropped in the final minutes of trading on Friday as investors looked to earn profits from recent rallies.