An investor looks 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 0.95% to 1,507.63 points Wednesday after plummeting in the previous session.
The index closed 14.22 points higher after dropping 64 points on Tuesday. It previously hit a historic peak of 1,557.42 on Monday.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange, where the index is based, plunged by 41.5% to VND41.95 trillion (US$1.6 billion).
The VN30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 20 tickers gained, with VPB of private lender VPBank and SHB of Saigon Hanoi Commercial Bank hitting their ceiling prices.
Nine blue chips fell. VIC of private conglomerate Vingroup and SSB of SeABank both closed 3.27% lower, and VHM of property giant Vinhomes went down 0.7%.
Foreign investors were net buyers to the tune of VND1498 billion, mainly buying FUEVFVND of exchange-traded fund DCVFMVN DIAMOND and VPB.
The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, rose 2.41%, while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market went down 0.91%.
