VN-Index reaches a new peak of 1,305.1 points on May 25 morning. (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The benchmark VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange(HOSE) rose 7.12 points to a new peak of 1,305.1 points on May 25 morning asseveral large-cap stocks made significant gains.
More than 403.3 million shares were traded for over 12.61 trillion VND (549million USD).
The market breadth stayed positive with 204 stocks rising. There were 195stocks sliding and 46 ending flat.
The pick-up of the index was boosted by gains from large-cap stocks such as HPG(2.9 percent), BVH (2 percent), MSN (1.8 percent), POW (1.3 percent), VRE (1.1percent), TPB (3.6 percent), VCB (2.4 percent), STB (2.1 percent), TCB (1.8percent), and CTG (1 percent).
Green also dominated real estate, construction and oil and gas stocks,including CII, CTD, DIG, DXG, FCN, IJC, KBC, NTL, NLG, G36, GAS, PVD, PVB, PVS,PVC, PVT, BSR and POW.
Meanwhile, the HNX-Index on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and smallcaps, fell slightly 0.02 point to 300.31 points. Over 66.2 million shares weretrade, worth over 1.45 trillion VND.
The UPCOM-Index for the UnlistedPublic Companies Market added 0.21 points to 82.84 points, with more than 1.14trillion VND injected into the market, equivalent to over 75.3 million sharestraded.
In this morning trading session, foreign players net sold nearly 60 billion VNDon HOSE, while net buying 5.2 billion VND on HNX and 10.44 billion VND onUPCOM./.
VNA
