On the HCM Stock
Exchange, Military Bank (MBB) hit its ceiling at 14,800 VND (0.68 USD) a
share and Vietinbank (CTG) closed at near-ceiling price of 20,800 VND
(0.95 USD) each.
Other lenders like Vietcombank (VCB), BIDV (BID) and Eximbank (EIB) also increased 2.3-3.9 percent.
Blue
chips, which tracks the top 30 shares by market value and liquidity,
were mixed with a barely noticeable gain of 0.04 percent.
Real
estate shares did not fair so well, losing momentum as many hot shares
such as VinGroup (VIC), Dat Xanh Real Estate Service & Construction
(DXG), Thu Duc Housing Development (TDH), Song Da Urban & Industrial
Zone Investment & Development (SJS) and Khang Dien Investment &
Trading House (KDH) turned down in a decline.
Few held up with
gains. Tan Tao Investment Industry (ITA) went up 3 percent and Hong Quan
Consulting Trading Service Real Estate (HQC) was up 1.7 percent.
FLC Group (FLC), the most active code with 28 million shares traded, closed flat at 9,500 VND a share.
The market condition was neutral with 108 stocks rising, 106 tumbling and 89 going flat.
Liquidity
remained positive as almost 155 million shares worth 2.28 trillion VND
(104.6 million USD) were exchanged by the end of the session.
On
the Hanoi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index extended gains to its fourth
consecutive day with a modest rise of 0.47 percent to end the session at
88.36 points.
Banks like Asia Commercial Bank (ACB) and
Saigon-Hanoi Bank (SHB) propped up the market. SHB was also the most
heavily-traded stock with 6.4 million shares and climbing 2.5 percent to
finish at 8,300 VND.
The market volume dropped 10 percent from
the level of June 12, totaling 63.4 million shares, and trade value fell
20 percent to reach 731.5 billion VND (33.6 million USD).
Foreign
traders were had a mixed showing on June 15. They unloaded shares worth
a net 31 billion VND (1.4 million USD) in the southern bourse but were
responsible for a net buy of 21.2 billion VND (972,500 USD) in northern
counterpart./.
