The VN-Index closed largely unchanged for a third straight day on June 3, ending the session at 511.16, while trading volumes improved on the HCM Stock Exchange.
The total value of the day's trades jumped to 1.65 trillion VND (86.8 million USD), 26 percent over June 2's mark, on a volume of 50.67 million shares.
The Index broke easily above 515 in the opening minutes of trading, but weakened transactions afterwards erased early gains, wrote FPT Securities Co analysts in their daily report.
Blue chips such as Vinamilk (VNM), software giant FPT and Ocean Group Co (OGC) continued to rise, with the latter being a surprise on June 3 as the most-active share on the HCM City bourse, with a total of nearly 3.3 million changing hands.
On the Hanoi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index rose by 0.75 percent to close on June 3 at 163.36 points. Trading value rose slightly to just over 30 million shares, worth around 1 trillion VND (52.6 million USD).
Blue chips on the northern bourse also advanced, including shares of construction giant Vinaconex (VCG), Kim Long Securities Co (KLS), Sai Gon-Hanoi Commercial Bank (SHB) and PetroVietnam Construction (PVX), with PVX continuing to hold the position as most-active share on a volume of 2.5 million.
Foreign investors concluded on June 3's session as net buyers on the HCM City bourse, picking up a net of over 49 billion VND (2.6 million USD) worth of shares. They were also net buyers by value on the Hanoi market of a miniscule 840 million VND (44,214 USD) worth of shares./.
The total value of the day's trades jumped to 1.65 trillion VND (86.8 million USD), 26 percent over June 2's mark, on a volume of 50.67 million shares.
The Index broke easily above 515 in the opening minutes of trading, but weakened transactions afterwards erased early gains, wrote FPT Securities Co analysts in their daily report.
Blue chips such as Vinamilk (VNM), software giant FPT and Ocean Group Co (OGC) continued to rise, with the latter being a surprise on June 3 as the most-active share on the HCM City bourse, with a total of nearly 3.3 million changing hands.
On the Hanoi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index rose by 0.75 percent to close on June 3 at 163.36 points. Trading value rose slightly to just over 30 million shares, worth around 1 trillion VND (52.6 million USD).
Blue chips on the northern bourse also advanced, including shares of construction giant Vinaconex (VCG), Kim Long Securities Co (KLS), Sai Gon-Hanoi Commercial Bank (SHB) and PetroVietnam Construction (PVX), with PVX continuing to hold the position as most-active share on a volume of 2.5 million.
Foreign investors concluded on June 3's session as net buyers on the HCM City bourse, picking up a net of over 49 billion VND (2.6 million USD) worth of shares. They were also net buyers by value on the Hanoi market of a miniscule 840 million VND (44,214 USD) worth of shares./.
