Trading volume surges with profit - taking
Trading volume surges with profit - taking
Shares went down in HCM City this October 31 morning, but high profits pushed trading value and volume up to a significantly high level.
With 50.36 million shares changing hands, the market value rocketed around 400 per cent to VND788 billion ($37.5 million) compared to yesterday morning's session.
The VN-Index on the HCM City Stock Exchange finished slightly lower at 389.84 points.
Meanwhile, the VN30, which tracks the southern bourse's top shares, edged up 0.16 per cent to 459.77 points, as advancers among these blue chips outweighed losers.
Eximbank (EIB) - one of the largest stocks - saw a huge trading volume of 35 million shares by 10.45 this morning.
On the Ha Noi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index had a bleak morning, losing nearly 0.2 per cent to finish at 53.03 points.
The value of trades, at just VND89 billion ($4.2 million), was almost half yesterday morning's level.
The afternoon session will start at 1 pm.
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