Ha Noi (BizHub) - After declining for two straight days, shares managed to rally on both stock exchanges this morning.

The benchmark VN-Index on the HCM City Stock Exchange gained 0.5 per cent to 498.68 points.

Trading value was virtually unchanged from yesterday morning's figure, reaching nearly VND456.7 billion (US$21.5 million) with 37.4 million shares changing hands.

The VN30, tracking the city's top 30 shares, advanced by 0.28 per cent to reach 554.63 points. Blue chips performed well.Only four retreated and the number of gainers was 16.

On the Ha Noi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index closed up 0.08 per cent at 63.70 points.

The HNX30, composed of the bourse's 30 biggest stocks in terms of capitalisation and liquidity, added 0.26 per cent to 119.69 points.

Trading value on the exchange totalled VND135.7 billion ($6.4 million) on a volume of about 20.4 million shares. - VNS