Liquidity was less than last Friday morning, with nearly 85 million shares being traded this morning, worth VND1.06 trillion (US$49.4 million). — Photo cafef.vn

HA NOI (Biz Hub) — The national stock market ended mixed this morning, with the southern bourse making gains and the northern bourse declining.

The VN-Index on the HCM Stock Exchange grew 1.02 per cent to close at 590.68 points.

The overall market was balanced, with the number of gainers being equal to the number of losers, while 133 others stayed flat.

Liquidity was less than last Friday morning, with nearly 85 million shares being traded this morning, worth VND1.06 trillion (US$49.4 million).

The VN30, which tracks the top 30 shares by market value and liquidity, gained 1.35 per cent to stand at 611.43 points, with the number of gainers being triple the number of losers by 19 to seven.

FLC Group (FLC) contributed nearly a quarter of the market trading volume of 20.5 million shares to lead the market trading. The stock fell by 2.15 per cent to close at VND9,100 per share.

On the Ha Noi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index lost 0.39 per cent to close at 86.77 points, with nearly 24 million shares being traded this morning, worth VND304 billion ($14 million).

In general, the losers outnumbered the gainers by 81 to 51 on the northern market, while 221 others stayed unchanged.

Only four stocks saw trading of more than one million shares, including KLF Joint Venture Global Investment (KLF) that traded 2.4 million shares and dropped 1.39 per cent in value to reach VND7,100 per share.

The afternoon session will start at1pm. — VNS