The VN-Index poked above the 560-mark on Sept. 17 on Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange, closing the session at 561.19 points after a modest advance of 4.21 points, or 0.76 percent.

Sacombank (STB), meanwhile, set a record for a single share, racking up a phenomenal volume of 15.9 million and contributing significantly to the exchange’s brisk overall volume on the day of 73.8 million shares.


The value of the day’s trades on the HCM City market reached a whopping 3.7 trillion VND (207.9 million USD), with trades by foreign investors accounting for 19.2 percent of that value.


Vietnam Industrial and Commercial Securities Co general director Nguyen Phuc Long said that the market continued to advance in the first half of September on solid earnings data from listing firms.


Financial shares, he said, would remain central to trading due to their quick reaction to the market situation.


On Hanoi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index closed off 0.11 percent to end the day at 174.68 points.


The value of the day’s trades on the northern bourse remained unchanged, at round 1.5 trillion VND (84.3 million USD), on a volume of 40.8 million shares, of which foreign investors were responsible for trades of just 1.3 million.


Meanwhile, construction giant Vinaconex (VCG) was the most active code on the Hanoi bourse, with 7.8 million shares traded./.