Employees and customers seen at a brokerage in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran
Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index rose 0.43% to 1,278.14 points Tuesday, highest since Oct. 21 last year.
The index closed 5.42 points higher after dropping 3.36 points in the previous session.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange decreased by 19% to VND14.26 trillion (US$559 million).
The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 22 tickers gained.
BVH of insurance company Bao Viet Holdings led with a 6.9% rise, followed by VRE of retail real estate arm Vincom Retail, up 2.4%.
HPG of steelmaker Hoa Phat Group went up 1.5% and PLX of fuel distributor Petrolimex gained 1.3%.
Six blue chips declined.
LPB of Lien Viet Post Bank closed 1.7% lower while SHB of Saigon Hanoi Commercial Bank fell 0.5%.
Foreign investors were net sellers to the tune of VND142 billion.
They mainly sold MWG of electronics retail chain Mobile World and GMD of logistics company Gemadept Corp.
The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, rose 1.14%, while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market went up 0.11%.
