VN-Index rises over 20 points

The VN-Index rose more than 20 points on May 29 after suffering a drop of 32 points on the previous day.
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Hanoi (VNA) – The VN-Index rose more than 20 points on May 29after suffering a drop of 32 points on the previous day.

In the morning, the VN-Index lost 5.86 points to 925.89 points on the HoChi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE), with total transaction valued over 119 billionVND.

After falling to 922 points, from about 10:30am, the index startedrising to 938 points. It reached over 952.18 points at the end of the day, up 20.43points over the previous day, with 184 million shares sold for 5.34 trillionVND.

The best sellers in the day included VCB and CTG, while the prices ofGAS, VIC and SAB suffered a drop of about 1,000-3,000 VND per share.

In the VN30 group, the prices of 4 codes reduced, while that of 2 codeswas unchanged. Meanwhile, rise was seen in 24 codes.

On the Hanoi StockExchange (HNX), the HNX-Index closed at 112.88 points, up 5.51 points. Morethan 50 million shares were sold with total transaction value of about 693billion VND.

At the same time, the UPCOM-Index posted 52.33 points, an increase of1.24 points over the previous day, with total transaction value of 223 billionVND.-VNA
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