The VN-Index made a slight gain on July 21, reversing July 20’s plunge by 0.86 percent to close at 416.43.

Daily trading volume on the HCM Stock Exchange dropped again, to 24.15 million shares worth a combined 882.85 billion VND (49.6 million USD). Sacombank (STB) remained the most active share, with nearly 4 million units traded.

Shares in two of the three listed banks, Sacombank (STB) and Vietcombank (VCB), tread water, while shares of VietinBank (CTG) continued declining, closing at 34,900 VND per share.

On the Hanoi Stock Exchange, meanwhile, advancers outnumbered decliners by 112 to 51, and the HNX-Index gained 1.31 percent to close at 140.37 points.

But trades were moderating enough to pull the day’s trading volume on the northern bourse down to 9.3 million, worth a combined 289.3 billion VND (16.3 million USD).

Asia Commercial Bank (ACB) continued leading the market trades with only 1.7 million: followed by Kim Long Securities (KLS), with 1.5 million and civil constructor Vinaconex (VCG) with 819,900 shares.

The UPCoM-Index meanwhile dipped another 1.86 percent on July 21 to fall to 69.57 points, despite seven of another 10 listed firms showing gains. Market turnover dropped to only 1.4 billion VND (78,600 USD) on the trades of 110,760 shares./.