An investor points at stock prices on a screen at a brokerage in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by VnExpress/An Khuong
Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index rose 0.68% to 1,250.37 points Wednesday for the third consecutive session.
The index closed 8.42 points higher after gaining 1.9 points in the previous session.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange fell 3.4% to VND17.2 trillion (US$662.6 million).
The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 14 tickers gained.
VIC of private conglomerate Vingroup was up 4.11%, BVH of insurance company Bao Viet Holdings rose 3.16%, and GVR of Vietnam Rubber Group closed 2.26% higher.
Eleven blue chips fell. MSN of conglomerate Masan Group dropped 1.77%, HDB of HDBank slid 1.41%, and SSI of brokerage SSI Securities Corporation went down 1.3%.
Foreign investors were net buyer to the tune of VND900 billion, mainly buying DXG of property developer Dat Xanh Group and NLG of real estate developer Nam Long Investment Corp.
The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, rose 0.55%, while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market went down 0.02%.
