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| Nearly 663,000 shares of which were bought by foreign investors through negotiated trades.—File Photo |
HA NOI (Biz Hub)— Stocks rebounded this morning after two days of falling on increased foreign buys.
On the HCM City Stock Exchange, the VN-Index gained 0.46 per cent to 489.61 points by the end of the morning.
Today, more than 1.35 million shares of software giant FPT Corp (FPT) issued under the company's Employee Stock Ownership Plan are listed on the exchange. Nearly 663,000 shares of which were bought by foreign investors through negotiated trades.
FPT's shares rose 1.9 per cent this morning to VND43,400 (US$2.07) each.
Other blue chips also posted slight gains, including VinGroup (VIC), Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group (HAG), Southern Rubber Industry (CSM), PetroVietnam Finance (PVF) and Military Bank (MBB).
VIC was the most active code this morning on trades of 1.64 million shares exchanged at VND64,000 ($3.05) a share.
The VN30 tracking the top 30 shares by market capitalisation and liquidity was up 0.51 per cent at 546.70 points.
Overall market trading on the southern bourse was still modes, however, with 25.3 million shares worth VND559.2 billion ($26.6 million) changed hands.
On the Ha Noi Stock Exchange, shares managed to close in the green despite poor performance during most of the morning.
The HNX-Index closed 0.08 per cent up at 63.12 points on a turnover of over VND96.2 billion ($4.6 million).
Investment FLC Group (FLC) was again the most active code with over 3 million shares traded at VND6,500 a share. – VNS