More than 116 million shares worth over 3.89trillion VND (170.39 million USD) were exchanged on the HoSE on the day.
Among large-cap stocks, BVH and SAB suffered adrop of 900 VND and 3,900 VND per share, respectively. Meanwhile, the prices ofCTG, GAS, MSN, VIC and VCB increased 50-4,400 VND per share.
The VN30, which measures the performance of 30stocks with the highest market capitalisation and liquidity on the HoSE, gained9.83 points to close at 1,018.59 points, with nearly 35 million shares beingtraded, equivalent to 1.72 trillion VND (75.48 million USD). There were 19gainers, seven declining stocks and four flat codes.
On the Hanoi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Indexincreased by 0.18 points to settle at 116.66 points, with total transactionvalue reaching nearly 468 billion VND (20.51 million USD).
The HNX30 closed at 210.39 points, a rise of1.49 points with 15 million shares changed hands for 278 billion VND (12.18million USD).
The UPCOM-Index on the Unlisted Public CompanyMarket (UPCoM) saw a slight increase of 0.2 points to 53.2 points, with 8million shares worth 260 billion VND (11.39 million USD) traded.-VNA