Shares mixed on sluggish trading
Shares mixed on sluggish trading
Stocks were still on the rise on the HCM City Stock Exchange this July 31 morning, but closed well down on the Ha Noi's bourse.
On the HCM City Stock Exchange, the benchmark VN-Index gained another 0.15 per cent to reach 415.61 points.
Blue-chip gains again lifted the market. The VN30 Index tracking the top 30 shares by market capitalisation and liquidity was up 0.15 per cent at 493.04.
Advancers outnumbered decliners by 111-79 overall.
Market value continued to decline, however, totalling shares worth a l ittle more than VND296 billion (US$14.1 million), down 5 per cent from the same period of yesterday.
No codes saw trades in excess of one million shares. With nearly 900,000 shares traded, financial conglomerate Ocean Group (OGC) was the most active stock this morning, rising 0.8 per cent to end at VND12,800 ($0.61).
On the Ha Noi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index closed off 0.16 per cent at 69.34 points on a slugghish value of VND141 billion ($6.7 million), a decrease of nearly 15 per cent from yesterday morning.
Market conditions were negative with 72 codes rising, 80 declining and 243 closing unchanged.
Large-cap shares on the Ha Noi bourse increased slightly however, with the HNX30 gaining 0.02 per cent to close at 131.59 points.
VNDirect Securities (VND) was still the most active code on the Ha Noi market with more than 1.7 million shares, closing 0.9 per cent higher at VND11,000 ($0.52).
Trading will resume at 1pm
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