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Demand healthy back to lift indices
Two national benchmarks ended in green at the close of today's session as demand grew. On the HCM Stock Exchange, the VN-Index inched up 0.24 per cent to 445 points.
Gainers were nearly six times higher than losers. The value of trades climbed 16 per cent compared to yesterday, reaching VND665.5 billion (US$31.7 million). The volume of trades also jumped to 41.1 million shares, an increase of 22.7 per cent.
On the downside, the 10 largest shares in terms of capitalisation did not perform well. Six codes plunged between 0.9-3 per cent, including Vietinbank (CTG), Phu My Fertiliser (DPM), software producer FPT (FPT), property developer Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAG), Masan Group (MSN) and PetroVietnam Finance (PVF).
Insurer Bao Viet Holdings (BVH), Eximbank (EIB) and estate company Vincom (VIC) saw no changes, while only Sacombank (STB) made gains of 0.8 per cent.
Saigon Securities Inc (SSI), which hit its ceiling price today, was the most active code for the past 10 consecutive sessions with 5.4 million shares exchanged.
The HNX-Index on the Ha Noi Stock Exchange gained 2.2 per cent to close at 79.1 points.
More than 72 per cent of all the listed codes were back in green on the day. Trading value and volume rose slightly by around 6 per cent to VND701.3 billion ($33.4 million), or 58.4 million shares.
Sacom Real Estate Company (SCR) on the Ha Noi Stock Exchange claimed the highest volume of 7.7 million shares nationwide.
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