VIC and HPG hit the ceiling, VN-Index far surpasses the 1,200 point mark

In the afternoon session, the market performed more positively with demand increasing towards the end of the session, thanks to which the index representing the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange also increased better.

Most stocks in the VN30 group increased in price. Screenshot

There was a clear difference in the increase and decrease in stock prices with 332 stocks going up and 178 stocks going down. The VN30 group had 28 stocks showing green and only 2 stocks showing red.

Notably, in this group, there were 5 stocks that increased in price to the limit, in which VIC and HPG were in the group of 10 stocks with the largest market capitalization. These 2 stocks increased to the ceiling, contributing nearly 4 points and more than 2.4 points to the VN-Index, respectively. As the stock with the largest market capitalization, also increasing strongly (6.6%), VCB contributed the most to the VN-Index with more than 7.5 points.

Most industries increased with a common increase of over 2%, in which the strongest increases were in the distribution and retail of durable goods, securities, software, and banking industries.

Going against the market are the semiconductor, hardware, and entertainment media industries.

Closing the market, VN-Index increased by 54.12 points (4.63%), to 1,222.46 points; VN30-Index stopped at 1,309.94 points, up by 60.65 points (4.85%).

Liquidity was high with over VND38,000 billion changed hands. Foreign investors traded strongly. This group bought over VND5,516 billion and sold over VND4,545 billion.

On the Hanoi Stock Exchange, transactions also increased sharply, reaching over VND2,300 billion. At the end of the session, the HNX-Index stopped at 213.34 points, up 5.03 points (2.41%); the HNX30-Index reached 417.57 points after "increasing" 13.82 points (3.42%).

Source: https://hanoimoi.vn/vic-va-hpg-tang-kich-tran-vn-index-vuot-xa-moc-1-200-diem-698628.html