Good news support stock market on Dec 1

VNStockNews.com - The first session of new month ended successfully with the continuous increase of the two indexes and a series of new supporting information such as "State Securities Commission allows shares to be sold on T+2 period", "Increase the shareholding rate of foreign investors to 49 percent", "Vietnam's export in Jan-November surpasses the targeted plan" and so on.

VN Index closed at 514.92 points after today's session, an increase of 10.8 points or 2.14 percent with a total matching order trade of over 39.3 million shares worth 1.688 trillion dong, up 13 percent in volume and 19 percent in value in comparison with the previous session.

Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE) saw the debut session of Dinh Vu Port Investment and Development Joint Stock Co (coded DVP) with 20 million shares officially being traded, raising the total amount of coded shares and fund certificates listed on the southern floor to 191 units.

According to the statistics, there were only 7 codes falling, 171 codes surging, in which 47 codes rose to the ceiling prices and the remaining 11 codes standing still.

The shares in banking group jumped to ceiling prices with overwhelming selling orders and no buying orders left, including CTG, EIB, STB, and VCB.

Other large cap share codes belonged to point-gaining group such as BVH, DPM, HAG, HPG, PVF and SSI.

In terms of trading volume, STB led the market with over 4.3 million shares being transferred, followed by SSI with 1.76 million, VF1 with 1.24 million, SJS with 0.86 million, LCG with 0.73 million, REE with 0.68 million and VCB with 0.65 million shares changing hands.

Similarly, HNX Index on the northern market increased by 6.84 points or 4.23 percent to 168.69 points with a total market trade of nearly 21.05 million shares valued 721.518 billion dong.

ACB and SHB share codes also witnessed a ceiling rise today.