Vietnamese shares ended Monday morning on a positive note, driven by the financial-banking, energy and real estate sectors. — Photo tinnhanhchungkhoan.vn

Vietnamese shares ended Monday morning on a positive note, driven by the financial-banking, energy and real estate sectors.

The benchmark VN Index on the HCM Stock Exchange inched up 0.22 per cent to close at 1,052.46 points. It gained a total of 3.7 per cent last week.

The minor HNX Index on the Ha Noi Stock Exchange was up 0.33 per cent to end at 121.15 points. The northern market index was up 1.5 per cent in the previous trading week.

More than 204.6 million shares were traded on the two local exchanges, worth VND4.55 trillion (US$202.5 million).

The market trading condition was quite balanced, with 214 gaining stocks against 210 declining ones and 110 stocks closing unchanged.

Financial-banking, energy and real estate sectors were among those that boosted the local market on Monday morning.

Gainers among those stocks included SaiGon-Ha Noi Bank (SHB), MBBank (MBB), Vietnam Investment Securities (IVS) and Viet Capital Securities (VCI), as well as insurer Bao Viet Holdings (BVH) and PetroVietnam Technical Services (PVS).

On the other hand, food and beverage producers and construction companieswere the major industries that narrowed the market growth.

The afternoon trade session starts at 1pm. — VNS