Blue chips gain as VN-Index hits three-week high
Blue chips continued to gain ground on July 16, lifting the benchmark
VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange to a three-week high of
496.22 points, up 0.43 percent over July 15’s close.
Blue chips continued to gain ground on July 16, lifting the benchmark
VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange to a three-week high of
496.22 points, up 0.43 percent over July 15’s close.
Dairy giant Vinamilk (VNM) rose 1.5 percent to 139,000 VND (6.62 USD) a share while PV Gas (GAS) jumped 1.6 percent. Property developer Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group (HAG) rose by 2.3 percent and logistic Gemadept (GMD) increased by 2.5 percent.
HAG was the most active code with 3.4 million shares traded at 22,400 VND (1.07 USD) a share.
The VN30 tracking the top 30 shares by market capitalisation and liquidity grew 0.21 percent to stand at 549.75 points.
PetroVietnam General Services Corp (PET) and Pha Lai Thermal Power Co (PPC), which will be added to the VN30 from July 22, also rose from about 2 percent each.
Total market volume was little changed from the previous session, reaching 42.3 million shares and fund certificates worth 983 billion VND (46.8 million USD).
On the Hanoi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index closed 0.05 percent lower at 63 points while market volume was still very low at just 19 million shares valued at 140 billion VND (6.7 million USD).
FLC Group (FLC) remained the most active share on the northern bourse with 3.3 million shares exchanged at 5,700 VND a share.
VNDirect Securities (VND) came second on trades of 2 million shares at 9,400 VND each, up 2.2 percent. The firm reported a pre-tax profit of 104 billion VND (5 million USD) for the first half of this year, surpassing its yearly target set for the whole year.
Foreign investors were net sellers in HCM City on July 16 but their net sell value was small at just 1.51 billion VND (71,900 USD) worth of shares. They were still net buyers on the Hanoi exchange, picking up shares worth 5.55 billion VND (264,300 USD).-VNA
Dairy giant Vinamilk (VNM) rose 1.5 percent to 139,000 VND (6.62 USD) a share while PV Gas (GAS) jumped 1.6 percent. Property developer Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group (HAG) rose by 2.3 percent and logistic Gemadept (GMD) increased by 2.5 percent.
HAG was the most active code with 3.4 million shares traded at 22,400 VND (1.07 USD) a share.
The VN30 tracking the top 30 shares by market capitalisation and liquidity grew 0.21 percent to stand at 549.75 points.
PetroVietnam General Services Corp (PET) and Pha Lai Thermal Power Co (PPC), which will be added to the VN30 from July 22, also rose from about 2 percent each.
Total market volume was little changed from the previous session, reaching 42.3 million shares and fund certificates worth 983 billion VND (46.8 million USD).
On the Hanoi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index closed 0.05 percent lower at 63 points while market volume was still very low at just 19 million shares valued at 140 billion VND (6.7 million USD).
FLC Group (FLC) remained the most active share on the northern bourse with 3.3 million shares exchanged at 5,700 VND a share.
VNDirect Securities (VND) came second on trades of 2 million shares at 9,400 VND each, up 2.2 percent. The firm reported a pre-tax profit of 104 billion VND (5 million USD) for the first half of this year, surpassing its yearly target set for the whole year.
Foreign investors were net sellers in HCM City on July 16 but their net sell value was small at just 1.51 billion VND (71,900 USD) worth of shares. They were still net buyers on the Hanoi exchange, picking up shares worth 5.55 billion VND (264,300 USD).-VNA
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