The benchmark VN-Index on the HCM Stock Exchange climbed 0.78 percentto finish the session at 476.59 points, while the VN30 (measuring thetop 30 shares by market capitalisation and liquidity) jumped over 1percent to 537.23 points.
Advancers outnumbered decliners by 126-79.
Market volume increased 10 percent from the previous session,totalling over 37 million shares, but the value of trades decreased 10percent to just 564 billion VND (26.9 million USD).
On theHanoi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index also rose 0.72 percent to a close of58.69 points but the total value of trades remained low at just 194.4billion VND (9.3 million USD).
Sai Gon-Hanoi Bank (SHB) was themost active code by the end of the session with more than 3.1 millionshares changing hands, edging up 1.54 percent at 6,600 VND a share.
Foreign investors increased their buys on both markets, picking upshares worth a combined 39.7 billion VND (1.9 million USD).-VNA