VN Index inches upward slowly

May 12th at 09:56
12-05-2017 09:56:37+07:00

VN Index inches upward slowly

Viet Nam’s key VN Index inched up on Thursday as investors sought short-term profits in recently-gaining stocks.

 

The benchmark index on the HCM Stock Exchange closed up 0.09 per cent at 724.99 points. The index has increased by a total 0.85 per cent in the last three sessions.

Market trading liquidity fell from Wednesday with more than 223 million shares being traded, worth VND5.33 trillion (approximately US$237 million).

Banks, energy producers, rubber companies and agriculture firms were among decliners.

Of the six listed banks on the southern bourse, BIDV (BID), Vietinbank (CTG), Eximbank (EIB) and Sacombank (STB) fell after they had made two-day increases.

The four bank stocks dropped between 0.4 per cent and 1.1 per cent from their two-day gains of 3.6 per cent, 3.1 per cent, 13.5 per cent and 5.5 per cent, respectively.

Shares of rubber companies also ended in negative territory following previous strong gains.

Sao Vang Rubber JSC (SRC) was down 0.6 per cent, Da Nang Rubber JSC (DRC) fell 1 per cent and the Southern Rubber Industry JSC (CSM) lost 1.1 per cent.

SRC had advanced total 1.8 per cent and DRC jumped 6.1 per cent in the previous two days, while CSM soared 5.8 per cent in the previous four days.

Energy producers suffering losses included PetroVietnam Mud Drilling (PVC) and PetroVietnam Drilling and Well Services (PVD), while the two largest agriculture firms – Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAG) and Hoang Anh Gia Lai Agriculture International (HNG) – also saw their share values fall.

Some speculative stocks in other industries such as property developers Dream House Investment (DRH), Hoang Quan Consulting-Trading-Service Real Estate (HQC) and An Duong Thao Dien JSC (HAR) also declined on profit-taking.

On the positive side, dairy producer Vinamilk (VNM), Viet Nam National Petroleum Group (PLX) and Vietcombank (VCB) gained.

BIDV Securities (BSC) said in its daily report that the market gained at a slower rate at the end of the session, compared to the first half, as investors sought short-term profits in stocks that had made gains in previous days.

Investors have switched their focus from speculative stocks to large-cap ones in the VN30 Index, which tracks the performance of the 30 largest companies by market capitalisation, BSC said, adding that the VN Index continue to rise over the next few days.

The HNX Index on the Ha Noi Stock Exchange, however, fell 0.29 per cent to end at 89.90 points. The northern market index has dropped a total 0.5 per cent in two days.

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