Illustrative image (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) –The benchmark VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) gained 4.87 pointsto stay at 991.92 points on August 27, with 189.5 million shares valued at morethan 4.47 trillion VND (192 million USD) traded.
On the Hanoi Stock Exchange(HNX), the HNX-Index settled at 111.62 points.
In the VN30 basket, whichmeasures the performance of 30 stocks with the highest market capitalisationand liquidity on the HoSE, such codes as CII, GAS, HPG, HSG, SAB, VIC and VJCincreased on the day, ranging from 0.2 percent to 2.8 percent.
Meanwhile, VNM declined 1.2percent; ROS, down 1 percent; and DHG, down 2.3 percent.
The banking sector alsocontributed significantly to the market, especially CTD, BID, MBB, SHB, VCB andVPB, which posted increases from 1 percent to 4.2 percent.
The upward trend was alsoseen in the group of financial services like FTS, HCM, SHS, SSI, VCI, VDS andVND.
Foreigninvestors posted a net buy value of over 93 billion VND (4 million USD) with more than 1.7 million shares on HoSE,as compared with their net sell value of 3.9 billion VND (167,800 USD) with311,390 stocks exchanged on the HNX.-VNA
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