A board displays stock values on Ba Trieu street, Hanoi. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) - Shares were volatile on the two local exchanges on November 11 with lower trading liquidity as investors worried over the potential economic policies from US president-elect Donald Trump.
The benchmark VN Index on the HCM Stock Exchange gained 0.2 percent to close at 679.2 points, extending a two-day increase of 1.3 percent.
Meanwhile, the HNX Index on the Hanoi Stock Exchange was choppy and fell 0.2 percent to 81.19 points.
Real estate and construction companies were the strongest gainers, driven by Vingroup JSC (VIC), FLC Group (FLC) and Faros Construction Corp (ROS).
FLC jumped 3.9 percent after the group announced its pre-tax profit for the past ten months was 1.2 trillion VND (53.3 million USD) on November 11, reaching the company’s projected profit for this year.
ROS surged 7 percent to soar 14.4 percent in the last two sessions. VIC gained 2.8 percent to increase 3.5 percent during the same period.
Significant gains were also seen in the stocks of natural rubber companies and coal mining businesses as both rubber and coal prices set one-year highs during the sessions, BIDV Securities Corp (BSC) said in a note.
Those stocks included Phuoc Hoa Rubber JSC (PHR), Dong Phu Rubber JSC (DPR), Vinacomin Nui Beo JSC (NBC) and Vinacomin Ha Tu Coal JSC (THT).
Finance-banking shares struggled. Of the nine listed banks, none of the large-cap bank stocks made gains.
Securities firms and insurance companies also performed poorly, dragged down leading stocks such as insurer Bao Viet Holdings (BVH), Bao Viet Securities Corp (BVS), HCM Securities Corp (HCM) and Sai Gon Securities Inc (SSI).
Liquidity continued to slide with more than 156 million shares exchanged, worth 2.2 trillion VND. The figures were down nearly 15 percent in value and 6.9 percent in volume.-VNA
