Investors looking at a screen at a securities company in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by VnExpress/An Khuong
Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index went up 0.67% to a record 1,867.90 points on Friday.
The index closed 12.34 points higher after dropping 6.02 points in the previous session.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange decreased by 2% to VND38 trillion (US$1.44 billion).
The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 12 tickers gained, with BID of state-owned lender BIDV hitting its ceiling price.
Two other state-owned lenders, VCB of Vietcombank and CTG of VietinBank, gained 6.8% and 6.7%, respectively.
Seventeen blue chips fell. VPB of private lender VPBank dropped 3.4%, STB of Ho Chi Minh City-based lender Sacombank closed 3.2% lower and HDB of HDBank slid 3.1%
Foreign investors were net buyers to the tune of VND805 billion, mainly buying VCB and VHM of property giant Vinhomes.
The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, fell 0.80%, while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market went up 0.20%.
