VIETNAM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Liên Đoàn Thương Mại Và Công Nghiệp Việt Nam
Fri, Oct 01, 2021, 11:09:00
Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index rose 0.21 percent Thursday to 1,342.06 points with a nine-week low trading value as investors tread carefully after last week’s plunge.
The index was in the green throughout the day and closed nearly three points higher, a marginal amount after slipping by 0.01 points Wednesday.
Trading value on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE), on which the index is based, plunged to a nine-week low of VND15.18 trillion ($663.86 million), showing investors are reluctant to pick up stocks amid uncertainty in how the Covid-19 situation would develop as HCMC resumes most activities Friday.
The number of Covid-19 cases recorded Wednesday doubled from Tuesday to 8,758.
The VN30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 13 tickers in the green, led by PNJ of Phu Nhuan Jewelry with a 5.8 percent surge.
