Shares climb after early fluctuation
Shares climb after early fluctuation
Shares climbed on Wednesday morning after early fluctuation at the beginning of trading, VN-Index surpassing 1,090 points.
The benchmark VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange gained 0.74 per cent to end morning session at 1,091.42 points.
Nearly 570 million shares were traded on the southern bourse, worth VND9.9 trillion (US$426.2 million).
The large-cap tracker VN30-Index was up 0.33 per cent to 1,055.68 points.
Eight-teen of the 30 large-cap stocks in the VN30 basket increased while nine declined.
Cash flow was injected into a number of blue-chips such as insurer Bảo Việt Holdings (BVH), steel maker Hoà Phát Group (HPG), Masan Group (MSN), Vingroup (VIC), Vinamilk (VNM), Vietnam National Petroleum Group (PLX), Vincom Retail (VRE), Phú Nhuận Jewelry (PNJ), Vinhomes (VHM) and Mobile World Group (MWG).
On the Ha Noi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index rose 0.34 per cent to 188.49 points.
Nearly 99 million shares were traded on the northern market, worth VNĐ1 trillion.
The afternoon trading session starts at 1pm.
