Hanoi outstrips HCM City in stock trading value

Rebounding blue chips helped lift indices on both of the nation’s stock exchanges on April 21, after a number of sessions of slump, with trading value on the Hanoi Stock Exchange surpassing that on the HCM City bourse for the first time since early last year.
Rebounding blue chips helped lift indices on both of the nation’s stock exchanges on April 21, after a number of sessions of slump, with trading value on the Hanoi Stock Exchange surpassing that on the HCM City bourse for the first time since early last year.

On the Hanoi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index rose by 2.25 percent to end the day at 177.86 points. Trading volume increased by 11 percent from Tuesday’s session to 59.8 million shares, while the value of trades jumped by 26.5 percent to over 2.3 trillion VND (121.1 million USD).

On the HCM Stock Exchange, the VN-Index advanced by a more circumspect 0.87 percent to close at 519.70 points. The volume of trades fell slightly to 56 million shares, worth a combined 2.1 trillion VND (110.5 million USD).

Gainers outnumbered losers by 128-61, with 53 codes hitting their celling prices.

Foreign investors concluded the April 21 trades as net buyers on both exchanges of over 1.5 million shares, worth a combined 75 billion VND (4 million USD)./.

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