Shares end mixed in morning trading
Shares end mixed in morning trading
The blue chips boosted shares on the HCM City Stock Exchange this morning, with the VN-Index rising by 0.8 per cent to reach 565.27 points.
The VN30-Index, tracking the southern city's largest shares by capitalisation and liquidity, edged up 0.74 per cent to finish this morning at 611.75 points.
The gain was mainly registered by large-cap stocks such as the Hoa Phat Group (HPG), the Hoa Sen Group (HSG), the Masan Group (MSN), Vietcombank (VCB) and Vingroup (VIC).
Only five codes in the VN30 package closed down this morning, while eight codes stayed at the same level.
However, the trading volume and value were modest at 37.8 million shares, worth VND565 billion or $26.9 million, as investors remained cautious.
However, on the Ha Noi Exchange, the HNX-Index opened this week by dropping 0.25 per cent to close at 76.12 points, while the HNXFF-Index, comprising stocks with a minimum free float rate of 5 per cent, edged down 0.16 per cent to end at 76.75 points.
The HNX30-Index, tracking the top stocks, tumbled by 0.61 per cent to land at 151.69 points.
The trading volume and value were very low with only 14.7 million shares changing hands, worth VND180 billion or $8.57 million.
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