Shares extend gains, propped up by banks and brokers 12:46 | 12/03/2021
VPBank (VPB) was the biggest gainer yesterday, up 4.2 per cent. - VNA/VNS Photo
The southern bourseâs index edged up 0.7 per cent on Wednesday.
The VN30 tracking the top 30 shares by market value and liquidity on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange rose by 1.4 per cent.
Among the VN30, only three stocks slumped, namely Vingroup (VIC), Petrolimex (PLX) and Khang Dien House Trading and Investment (PLX).
Banks and brokerage firms led the market.
VPBank (VPB) was the biggest gainer, up 4.2 per cent, followed by the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BID) and Sacombank (STB) increasing 3.1 per cent each. Others such as Vietinbank (CTG), Ho Chi Minh Development Bank (HDB), Military Bank (MBB) and Techcombank (TCB) rose between 1-2 per cent.
Update: February, 27/2021 - 07:12 |
A worker of steel company Hoà Phát Group (HPG). Shares of HPG rose 3.3 per cent on Friday. VNA/VNS Photo
HÀ NỘI Vietnamese shares stayed positive on Friday on the back of strong buying demand, contrasting the downturn of regional stock markets.
The benchmark VN-Index on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange gained 0.26 per cent to close at 1,168.47 points.
It had gained 0.29 per cent to close Thursday at 1,165.43 points.
More than 554.5 million shares were traded on the southern bourse, worth VNĐ14.9 trillion (US$642.3 million).
Market breadth was neutral with 216 gainers and 209 losers.
The recent sharp increase in US Treasury bond yields had a negative impact on Asian stock markets, causing many indices to fall deeply, said financial news site
Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index gained 0.26 percent to close at 1,168.47 points Friday, ending a week of fluctuations in its recovery from last month’s plunge. - VnExpress International