The VN-Index on Aug. 11 increased by 0.6 percent on mixed trading to close at 494.17 points on the HCM Stock Exchange.

The value of the day’s trades reached 1.85 trillion VND (104 million USD) on a volume of 48.8 million shares. Sacombank again proved the most active on the southern exchange with 3.7 million shares traded.

On the Hanoi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index closed up 0.82 percent to 156 points on a trading volume of 25.3 million shares and a revenue of 799.2 billion VND 44.9 million USD). Kinh Bac Urban Development Co was the most active on the northern bourse with 1.9 million shares changing hands.

In HCM City foreign investors finished the day as net sellers of about 175,000 shares but were net buyers by value of 4.2 billion VND (236,000 USD), on an overall volume of 4.8 million shares.

In Hanoi , foreigners were responsible for a net sale volume of 91,900 shares, worth a total of 1.98 billion VND (111.2 million USD), on an overall volume of 1.2 million shares./.