An investor looks at stock prices on a smartphone at a brokerage in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran
Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index gained 0.15% to 1,241.95 points Tuesday, highest since April 2.
The index closed 1.9 points higher after Monday’s surge of 13.8 points.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange, on which the index is based, jumped 34% to VND17.8 trillion (US$686 million).
The VN30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 12 tickers rose.
BVH of insurance company Bao Viet Holdings led with a 3% increase, followed by GAS of state-owned Petrovietnam Gas, up 1.9%.
VPB of private lender VPBank went up 1.8% and TPB of private TPBank closed 1.5% higher.
Thirteen blue chips fell, including BCM of Becamex Investment and Industrial Development with a 2.6% decline.
GVR of Vietnam Rubber Group dropped 2.2% and SHB of Saigon Hanoi Commercial Bank closed 1.6% lower.
Foreign investors were net buyers to the tune of VND74 billion, mainly buying VRE of retail real estate arm Vincom Retail and NVL of property developer Novaland Group.
The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, rose 0.68%, while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market gained 0.75%.
