Investors watch stock price changes at the Vietcombank Securities Company (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The stock market started the first week of April with greencolour dominating large-cap stocks and those in banking and real estate in bothbourses.
Thebenchmark VN-Index picked up 22.15 points to close at 1,196.61 points on April2, the highest since the stock market of Vietnam was launched, when more than245.7 million shares were sold for about 8.04 trillion VND (353 million USD) onthe HCM Stock Exchange (HOSE). The bourse saw gaining stocks outnumbered thedeclining ones by 155 to 140 while 42 others ended flat.
Onthe Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX), the HNX-Index edged up 2.94 points, closing at135.40 points after some 52 million of shares, worth 937.5 billion VND (41.15million USD), were traded on the bourse. There were 72 gainers and 77 loserswhile 62 others ended flat.
Thelarge-cap stocks experienced strong gains with the VN30 advancing 18.13 points.Among 20 VN30 gainers were Vietjet Air (VJC), up 4,200 VND per share; VinGroup(VIC), up 5.800 VND per share; Bao Viet Group (BVH), up 2,600 VND per share;PetroVietnam (GAS), up 4,700 VND per share; and MaSan Group (MSN), 1,100 VNDper share.
Thegreen also dominated the banking shares with gainers including Vietcombank(VCB), up 3,500 VND per share; ACB, up 2,500 VND per share; VP Bank (VPB), up3,500 VND per share; and CTG (Vietinbank), up 1,600 VND per share.
Moneypouring into the real estate sector on the stock exchanges boosted popularstocks like FLC, which gained 150 VND per share with more than 10.2 million ofshares traded. Other active ones included No Va Land (NVL), up 2,800 VND pershare; Sao Mai Group (ASM), Dat Xanh Group (DXG), and Hoa Binh Group (HBC).-VNA
The Government and the State Securities Commission plan to carry out key measures to develop the stock market in a rapid and effective but safe manner, Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung has said.
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Benchmark VN-Index further rose on March 26, gaining 17.63 points to settle at 1,171.22 points as it seemed not affected by the global stock market among concerns over a possible US-China trade war.
Shares declined for the first time in the last four trades as investors still kept a cautious view on the market outlook amid global volatility following the US-China trade tension.
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Investors watch stock price changes at the Vietcombank Securities Company (Photo: VNA) 
