It's stock market's two tales

Shares managed to increase slightly this morning on the HCM City Stck Exchange. The benchmark VN-Index added just 0.01 point to 594.26 points.

The total value and volumn of trades reached VND1.6 trillion (US$75.4 million) and nearly 94.3 million shares.

The VN30 Index, composed of the bourse's 30 leading stocks in terms of capitalisation and liquidity, rose 0.04 per cent to 628.08 points as gainers outnumbered losers by 11 to 7.

However, on the Ha Noi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index finished at 89.64 points, losing 0.67 per cent.

Large-cap stocks also sent the HNX30 Index down 0.66 per cent to 181.65 points.

As nearly 40 million shares changed hands, the transaction value reached VND581.3 billion ($27.4 million).

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