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 rose 0.43% to 1,265.05 points Friday.
The index closed 5.42 points higher after gaining 17.10 points in the previous session.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange decreased by 8% to VND12.209 trillion (US$486.6 million).
The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 20 tickers gained.
MSN of conglomerate Masan Group rose 4.0%, BCM of Becamex Investment and Industrial Development gained 1.9%, and MWG of electronics retail chain Mobile World saw a 1.5% increase.
Five blue chips fell, with FPT of IT giant FPT Corporation slipping 0.6%.
HPG of steelmaker Hoa Phat Group went down 0.38% and SAB of brewer Sabeco closed 0.37% lower.
Foreign investors were net buyers to the tune of VND631 billion, mainly buying LPB of Lien Viet PostBank and MSN.
The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, rose 0.16%, while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market went up 0.42%.
