An investor watches stock prices on his laptop at MB Securities Company’s trading house (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The VN-Index of the southern boursegained nearly 14 points to surpass 980 points on June 22, a recovery after thebenchmark index suffered from several tumbles in previous trading sessions.
On the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE), the VN-Indexfell to 963.89 points at the beginning of the day but later gradually reboundedto 976 points in mid-day. In the afternoon, buying demand continued to dominatethe session, helping VN-Index end at 983.17 points, up 13.77 points.
More than 132 million shares worth some 3.74trillion VND (165.12 million USD) were traded on the HoSE.
Among the large-cap stocks, VIC dropped by 1,200VND per share while MSN and SAB saw their prices unchanged from the previousday. BVH, CTG, GAS, VCB and VNM advanced by 550 – 8,800 VND per share.
In the VN30 basket, tracking the top 30 stocksin terms of market capitalisation and liquidity on the HoSE, five stocks recordedprice declines. Meanwhile, three stocks stayed unchanged and 22 others saw higherprices.
The VN30-Index climbed 17.3 points to 973.05 pointswith over 39 million units traded for a total value of 1.7 trillion VND (75million USD).
On the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX), the HNX-Indexalso rose 1.82 points to 111.98 points. Total value of 38 million shares tradedon the exchange during the day was estimated at 623 billion VND (27.5 millionUSD).
The HNX30-Index, which measures the performanceof the top 30 stocks on the HNX, was also up 3.15 points to 200.49 points.About 22 million shares were traded at more than 468 billion VND (20.66 millionUSD).
Meanwhile, the UpCoM-Index on the UnlistedPublic Company Market (UpCoM) gained 0.02 point to 51.81 points with over 10million shares worth 143 billion VND (6.31 million USD) traded.-VNA