Twenty of the 30 biggest stocks in market value edged higher, while only eight declined. Banking stocks contributed most for the gain.
Of the top five stocks influencing the market trend, four were in banking sectors. These stocks were JSC Bank For Investment And Development of Viet Nam (BID), Vietcombank (VCB), Techcombank (TCB) and Vietinbank (CTG).
Other big stocks posting good performance this morning were Vietnam Dairy Products SJC (Vinamilk, VNM), Vietnam Airlines JSC (VNM) and Vingroup JSC (VIC). These stocks gained 0.67 - 4.55 per cent.
On the Ha Noi Stock Exchange (HNX), the HNX-Index decreased by 0.4 per cent to 275.44 points, despite the gain of 0.59 per cent of the HNX30-Index that tracks the 30 biggest stocks in the northern market. VNS