The benchmark VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange gained 0.15 per cent to end the morning session at 1,058.17 points. Photo cafef.vn

Shares had a good start on Monday morning thanks to the prosperity of large-cap stocks.

The benchmark VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange gained 0.15 per cent to end the morning session at 1,058.17 points.

More than 384 million shares were traded on the southern bourse, worth VND8 trillion (US$347 million).

The large-cap tracker VN30-Index was up 0.35 per cent to 1,052.01 points.

Thirteen of the 30 large-cap stocks in the VN30 basket increased while 15 declined.

A number of blue-chips attracted cash flow such as Vietinbank (CTG), FPT Corporation (FPT), PetroVietnam Gas JSC (GAS), Masan Group (MSN), Vietcombank (VCB), Vinamilk (VNM), Sabeco (SAB), VPBank (VPB), HDBank (HDB) and Techcombank (TCB).

On the Ha Noi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index fell 0.96 per cent to 212.16 points.

More than 67.2 million shares were traded on the northern market, worth VNĐ887 billion.

The afternoon trading session starts at 1pm. — VNS