Increased buys in the final minutes of trading on June 8 on the HCM City Stock Exchanged helped the VN-Index erase losses posted earlier in the day and close largely unchanged at 497.19 points.
Trading volume, meanwhile, dropped 26 percent from the previous day's session to 38.2 million shares, worth a total of 1.2 trillion VND (63.1 million USD).
A few major stocks managed to gain ground, including insurance giant Bao Viet Holdings (BVH), which rose by 2.89 percent; property developer Kinh Bac (KBC), up 0.93 percent; and Sacombank (STB), up 0.49 percent. STB also claimed the spot as most-active stock on a volume of 4.9 million shares, fully 13.6 percent of total trading volume.
On the Hanoi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index closed up 1.74 percent on the day to 157.49 points, but the value of trades fell below the 1 trillion VND level to 893.8 billion VND(47 million USD), with a total of 28.9 million shares traded.
Shares of PetroVietnam Construction (PVX) led trading on a volume of 4.6 million shares, closing up 1.85 percent.
Foreign investors continued to be net buyers on both exchanges , picking up a net of 53.3 billion VND (2.8 million USD) worth of shares./.
Trading volume, meanwhile, dropped 26 percent from the previous day's session to 38.2 million shares, worth a total of 1.2 trillion VND (63.1 million USD).
A few major stocks managed to gain ground, including insurance giant Bao Viet Holdings (BVH), which rose by 2.89 percent; property developer Kinh Bac (KBC), up 0.93 percent; and Sacombank (STB), up 0.49 percent. STB also claimed the spot as most-active stock on a volume of 4.9 million shares, fully 13.6 percent of total trading volume.
On the Hanoi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index closed up 1.74 percent on the day to 157.49 points, but the value of trades fell below the 1 trillion VND level to 893.8 billion VND(47 million USD), with a total of 28.9 million shares traded.
Shares of PetroVietnam Construction (PVX) led trading on a volume of 4.6 million shares, closing up 1.85 percent.
Foreign investors continued to be net buyers on both exchanges , picking up a net of 53.3 billion VND (2.8 million USD) worth of shares./.
