Heavy profit-taking brought the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange’s week-long rally to a halt on September 3, and the VN-index ended the day off slightly at 540.81 points despite a healthy number of gainers and active trading.

The markets saw 48 advance and 108 decline, but 29 of the 48 gainers hit their ceiling prices on the day, as overall market volume reached 67.4 million shares, worth a combined 2.84 trillion VND (158.6 million USD).

Sacombank (STB) was the most active share in September 3’s trading, with nearly 4.7 million traded.

On the Hanoi Stock Exchange on September 3, the HNX-Index also closed off 2.46 points to 169.74 points, with trades totalling nearly 1.2 trillion VND (64.7 million USD) on a volume of 33 million shares. Losers outnumbered gainers by 135 to 59.

Asia Commercial Bank (ACB) was the most active share on the northern bourse, with 196,600 shares traded, worth 9.34 billion VND./.