An investor looks at stock prices on a screen at a brokerage in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran
Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index rose 1.38% to 1,259.63 points Thursday, highest since Jan. 2.
The index closed 17.10 points higher after dropping 3.56 points in the previous session.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange increased by 10% to VND13.24 trillion (US$527 million).
The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 26 tickers gained.
FPT of IT giant FPT Corporation, MWG of electronics retail chain Mobile World and SSI of brokerage SSI Securities Corporation all closed 3.1% higher.
They were followed by VPB of private lender VPBank, up 3%.
VIB of Vietnam International Commercial Bank gained 2.5%.
No blue chip closed in the red.
Foreign investors were net buyers to the tune of VND144 billion, mainly buying SSI of brokerage SSI Securities Corporation and HDB of HDBank.
The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, rose 0.90%, while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market went up 0.86%.
