An investor watches stock prices on a smartphone at a brokerage in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran
Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index rose 0.90% to 1,224.05 points on Thursday in its fourth session in the green.
The index closed up 10.89 points after gaining 8.73 points on Wednesday.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) rose 2.33% to 21.35 trillion VND ($885.98 million).
The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 22 tickers gain.
Vietnam Rubber Group’s GVR leads with a 5.6% rise, followed by HDBank’s HDB, up 3.1%.
Conglomerate Masan Group’s MSN rose 2.4% and retail real estate arm Vincom Retail’s VRE closed 2% higher.
Three blue tokens have fallen. Brewer Sabeco’s SAB fell 1.1% and state-owned Petrovietnam Gas’ GAS fell 0.7%.
Foreign investors were net buyers to the tune of VND446.50 billion, mainly purchasing GMD from logistics company Gemadept Corp and VIX from VIX Securities Jsc.
The HNX index of the Hanoi Stock Exchange, where mid- and small-cap stocks are listed, rose 0.72 percent while the UPCoM index of the unlisted public company market rose 0.69 percent.