An investor looks at stock prices on the screens at a brokerage in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by VnExpress/An Khuong
Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index rose 2.16% to 1,654.98 points Tuesday afternoon, the biggest increase since Oct. 6.
The index closed almost 35 points higher after losing 69 points in previous three sessions.
Trading value went up 16% to VND34.25 trillion (US$1.3 billion).
The VN30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 24 tickers rising.
They were led by SSI of brokerage SSI Securities Corporation, VPB of private lender VPBank and VRE of retail real estate arm Vincom Retail, each with a 6.9% gain.
TCB of private lender Techcombank closed 4.2% higher and MBB of lender MB went up 3.9%.
Five tickers bucked the trend, including FPT of tech giant FPT Corporation and GAS of state-owned Petrovietnam Gas, both went down 1.6%.
Foreign investors were net buyers to the tune of VND1.22 trillion, mainly buying HDB of HDBank and MCH of Masan Consumer.
The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, rose 2.6% while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market closed 0.57% higher.
