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 jumped 1.55% to 1,269.80 points Thursday morning, highest since April 2.
The index closed 19.4 points higher in its fourth session in the green.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange, on which the index is based, rose 11% to VND19.11 trillion (US$736 million).
The VN30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 28 tickers in the green.
VIC of private conglomerate Vingroup and GVR of Vietnam Rubber Group led the increase at 6.9% and 6.8% respectively.
PLX of fuel distributor Petrolimex rose 6.6% while BCM of Becamex Investment and Industrial Development closed 5.1% higher.
BVH of insurance company Bao Viet Holdings was the only blue chip in the red with a 0.2% drop.
Foreign investors were net buyers to the tune of VND246 billion, mainly buying VIC and MBB of lender MB.
The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, rose 0.84% while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market closed 0.06% higher.
