Vietnam stock market closes week on positive note

Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index rose by a strong 0.93% on May 12 to end the week at 1066.90 points.
Vietnam stock market closes week on positive note

The liquidity of today’s session was maintained at a good level as over 720 million shares were traded, with the total value on the market reaching nearly 12 trillion VND (511.5 million USD).

The market was dominated by the green colour with 222 stocks closing higher and 140 stocks falling, while the remaining 82 stocks were flat.

The VN30-Index, comprising 30 companies with the largest capitalisation, ended the final trading day of the week up by a strong 1.09%, with gains seen in two-thirds of the stocks.

In Hanoi, the HNX Index rose 0.32% to 215.1 points, while the UpCOM Index of unlisted public companies edged up 1.16% to 80.05 points.

NDO