Investors seen at a stock brokerage in HCMC. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran
Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index closed Thursday at a new peak of 1,909.01 points, up 0.94% from Wednesday.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange, on which the index is based, rose 26% to VND30 trillion (US$1.14 billion).
The VN30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 13 tickers gained.
STB of Ho Chi Minh City-based lender Sacombank and VHM of property giant Vinhomes led, both with a 7% gain.
LPB of Fortune Vietnam Bank went up 3.6% while HDB of HDBank closed 3.4% higher.
13 tickers fell, with the steepest decline recorded by GAS of state-owned Petrovietnam Gas, down 4%.
DGC of Duc Giang Chemicals Group fell 3.4% and PLX of fuel distributor Petrolimex closed 3.3% lower.
Foreign investors were net sellers for the 11th session, net selling VND311 billion. The main exits were recorded among FPT of tech giant FPT Corporation, ACB of Asia Commercial Bank and KDH of real estate firm Khang Dien House.
The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, fell 0.28%, while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market closed 0.42% higher.
