VN-Index maintains uptrend on week’s last trading day
The VN-Index ended with most stocks in green on June 8, the last trading day of the week, helping it maintain the uptrend of the previous days to rise by over two points to approximate 1,040 points.
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Hanoi (VNA) – The VN-Index ended with most stocks ingreen on June 8, the last trading day of the week, helping it maintain theuptrend of the previous days to rise by over two points to approximate 1,040points.
The benchmark index on the HCM Stock Exchange(HOSE) fell continually at first, even down to 1,027 points. Later, buyingdemand appeared at mid-day and boosted VN-Index by 2.32 points to 1,039.01points at the end of the trading session.
More than 148 million shares were traded at atransaction value of over 4.49 trillion VND (196.88 million USD).
Among the large-cap stocks, VIC, VHM and BVHstayed unchanged from the previous day while VCB and CTG respectively grew by 1,000VND and 200 VND per share. VNM, SAB, MSN and GAS recorded declines in theirprices, down 300 – 3,000 VND per share.
In the VN30 basket, which measures the 30largest stocks by market capitalization on the HOSE, 16 stocks decreased whilefive others were unchanged and nine witnessed price increases.
The VN30-Index dropped by 0.88 point to 1,025.87points with over 46 million units worth some 2.1 trillion VND (92.29 millionUSD) traded.
Meanwhile, the HNX-Index on the Hanoi StockExchange (HNX) closed at 119.86 points, up 0.87 point, with nearly 44 millionshares traded at a total value of about 610 billion VND (26.8 million USD).
The HNX30-Index, tracking the 30 leading sharesin terms of market capitalization on the HNX, inched up 0.51 point to 218.14points when about 21 million units were traded at over 422 billion VND (18.55million USD).
The UpCoM Index on the Unlisted Public CompanyMarket (UpCoM) gained 0.04 point to 53.61 points. A total of nearly 21million shares worth approximately 359 billion VND (15.78 million USD) weretraded.-VNA
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