Hanoi (VNA) – The benchmark VN-Index on the HoChi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE) extended its rally on June 5 for the fourthconsecutive trading day with shares of utility and seafood companies attractingbig investment.
The VN-Index was sluggish at the beginning of the day butstrong demand returned on a large scale to pull the VN-Index up and maintainits upturn throughout the day.
Of the large-cap stocks, PetroVietnam (GAS) was traded atthe ceiling price of 98,700 VND (4.34 USD) per share. Shares of SABECO (SAB),Vinamilk (VNM), VinGroup (VIC), and VietinBank (CTG) were also strongly boughtand closed in the green.
Meanwhile, shares of Techcombank (TCB) and Vietcombank(VCB) slid 6.35 percent and 1.18 percent to settle at 96,000 VND (4.22 USD) and58,600 VND (2.58 USD) per share, respectively, due to strong selling.
At the end of the day, the VN-Index gained 8.96 points to1,022.74 points. The HNX-Index on the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) andUpCoM-Index fell 0.14 points and 0.03 points to 118.18 points and 53.6 points,respectively.-VNA