VN Index reverses to reach new peak on Oct 20

VNStockNews.com - After two correction sessions, with the support from US stock markets, Vietnam's two main bourses regained all the lost points during the last declining sessions.

At the closing time, VN Index reached the new peak of 646.58 pts, an increase of 9.47 points or 1.56%. The market liquidity rose slightly with a total matching order trade of over 84.7 million shares for 4.252 trillion dong.

Among 178 share codes and four fund certificates listed on the southern floor, there were 139 codes surging, 29 codes falling and the rest 14 codes staying unchanged at the comparative price.

The share codes in banking sector disappointed the market when CTG stood still and STB and VCB slightly dropped by 100 and 500 dong. Three other large cap share codes reduced including BVH, PPC and PVD.

On contrary, SSI and HAG witnessed a ceiling rise by 4,500 and 6,000 to 97,500 dong per share and 132,000 dong per share respectively. The other point gainers included DPM, FPT, PVF and SJS.

In terms of trading volume, SSI led the market with 4.8 million shares being traded, followed by ITA with 3.44 million, STB with 3.36 million, HAG with 2.84 million, VF1 with 2.77 million; SBT with 2.61 million and REE with 2.45 million shares changing hands.

Similarly, on the northern bourse, HNX Index continued rising by 4.81 points or 2.29 percent to 214.87 points with a total market trade of 52.595 million shares or about 2.304 trillion dong in value.