An investor looks at stock prices on a laptop at a brokerage in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran
Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index rose 0.14% to 1,334.41 points Wednesday in its fifth session in green.
The index closed 1.87 points higher after gaining 2.26 points in the previous session.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange increased by 3% to VND21.937 trillion (US$861.8 million).
The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 9 tickers gained.
VHM of property giant Vinhomes rose 3.2%, VCB of state-owned lender Vietcombank closed 3.0% higher, and LPB of Fortune Vietnam Bank was up 1.9%.
Twenty blue chips dropped. GVR of Vietnam Rubber Group fell 1.8%, VIB of Vietnam International Commercial Bank slid 1.4%, and HPG of steelmaker Hoa Phat Group went down 1.2%.
Foreign investors were net seller to the tune of VND836 billion, mainly selling FPT of tech giant FPT Corporation and GMD of logistics company Gemadept Corp.
The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, rose 0.54%, while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market went down 0.25%.
