Shares welcome 2014 with gains


Shares finished higher on both national stock exchanges this morning, welcoming this year with gains following increased earnings on Tuesday's last trading day of 2013.

The VN-Index on the HCM City Exchange advanced 0.3 per cent to 506.13 points.— Photo vietstock

HA NOI (Biz Hub) — Shares finished higher on both national stock exchanges this morning, welcoming this year with gains following increased earnings on Tuesday's last trading day of 2013.

The VN-Index on the HCM City Exchange advanced 0.3 per cent to 506.13 points. With 33.3 million shares traded, the total value reached VND440.54 billion (US$20.97 million).

Meanwhile, the VN30-Index, tracking the southern city's top shares by capitalisation and liquidity, rose by 0.17 per cent to 563.17 points.

Also, gainers overwhelmed losers 14-5.

On the Ha Noi Exchange, the HNX-Index edged up 0.32 per cent to 68.05 points, while the HNXFF-Index, which was composed of stocks with a minimum free-float rate of 5 per cent, increased 0.3 per cent to 68.12 points.

On the trading of 22.5 million shares, total value reached VND168.8 billion ($8 million).

The HNX30-Index jumped 0.24 per cent to 127.45 points.— VNS

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