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Shares rise on the growth of blue-chips
Shares rose on Friday morning, mainly driven by the growth of several major blue chips.
The benchmark VN-Index on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) was up 0.13 per cent to close at 1,021.15 points.
It had increased 0.54 per cent to close Thursday’s session at 1,019.80 points.
More than 336 million shares were traded on the southern exchange on Tuesday morning, worth VNĐ6.4 trillion (US$277 million).
Market breadth was negative with 246 decliners and 179 gainers.
The VN30 Index, which tracks the performance of the 30 largest stocks by market capitalisation and liquidity on HoSE, declined 0.03 per cent to end Friday morning at 985.18 points.
In the VN-30 basket, 19 stocks dropped while eight increased.
Heavyweight stocks attracted cash flow, such as Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BID), Vietinbank (CTG), PetroVietnam Gas JSC (GAS), Masan Group (MSN), Phu Nhuan Jewelry (PNJ) and Sabeco (SAB).
On the Hà Nội Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index lost 0.45 per cent to close Friday morning at 151.30 points.
The index edged up 0.79 per cent to close Thursday trade at 151.99 points.
More than 36 million shares were traded on the exchange, worth VNĐ491.8 trillion.
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