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 1.55% to 1,241.44 points Monday for the third consecutive session.
The index closed 18.98 points higher after gaining 54.12 points in the previous session.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange decreased by 37% to VND24.221 trillion (US$937.8 million).
The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 16 tickers gained.
Of these, three rose to their ceiling prices: MWG of electronics retail chain Mobile World, VHM of property giant Vinhomes and VIC of private conglomerate Vingroup.
Eleven blue chips fell. SSB of SeABank went down 4.3%, PLX of fuel distributor Petrolimex slipped 1.4%, and TPB of private lender TPBank closed 1.1% lower.
Foreign investors were net seller to the tune of VND125 billion, mainly selling FPT of tech giant FPT Corporation and VHM.
The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, rose 0.78%, while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market went down 1.55%.
