Shares had a good start on Monday morning as a series of large-caps rebounded on the back of strong cash flow.

On the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE), the VN-Index gained 0.27 per cent, to 1,348.90 points.

The market's breadth was negative with 197 stocks climbing, while 218 stocks declined.

Some 423 million shares were traded on the bourse, worth over VND11.8 trillion.

The VN30-Index, which tracks the 30 biggest stocks in market capitalisation on HoSE,  rose 0.37 per cent to 1,453.69 points. Of the VN30 basket, 13 stocks rose while 16 slid.

In the VN-30 basket, gainers included Sacombank (STB), Vietinbank (CTG), Bank for Investment and Development (BID), VPBank (VPB), MBBank (MBB), Asia Commercial Bank (ACB) and Vietnam International Commercial Joint Stock Bank (VIB).

The HNX-Index on the Ha Noi Stock Exchange (HNX) was up 0.73 per cent to 352.59 points. VNS