After touching its highest level since 2008 yesterday, the VN-Index fell more than one percent on Tuesday, its biggest one-day drop since December 2016. Financials were one of the worst-performing sectors today as investors took profits in recent high flyers such as CTG (-3.3%) and BID (-3.4%). Energy names, such as GAS (-2.4%) and PVD (-2.5%), slumped as the price of Brent crude oil slid in Asian trading today.