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Shares manage to gain as large-caps return

HÀ NỘI — VN-Index finished down on Thursday morning but recovered in the afternoon thanks to growth among individual large-cap stocks.

The benchmark VN-Index on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange increased 0. 二 八 per cent to close at  八 九 八. 四 四 points.

The VN-Index tumbled  一. 五 一 per cent on Wednesday.

Trading liquidity was modest as investors remained worried about the global economy and the impacts of a potential coronavirus pandemic.

More than  一 六 三. 二 million shares were traded on the southern bourse, worth VNĐ 三. 五 trillion (US$ 一 五 一. 四 million).

Positive signs emerged when investors tried to scoop up stocks that fallen since the beginning of the week.

Notable gainers included dairy firm Vinamilk (VNM) (+ 二. 三 per cent), Vietinbank (CTG) (+ 一. 六 per cent), Techcombank (TCB) (+ 一. 八 per cent), National Petroleum Group (PLX) (+ 二. 二 per cent), Mobile World Group (MWG) (+ 二. 一 per cent), Hòa Phát Group (HPG) (+0. 九 per cent), Bank for Investment and Development (BID) (+0. 二 per cent), VPBank (VPB) (+0. 二 per cent), and Novaland (NVL) (+0. 二 per cent).

In the opposite direction, majors shares fell, including Vietcombank (VCB) (- 一. 二 per cent), brewery firm Sabeco (SAB) (- 二. 一 per cent), PetroVietnam Gas JSC (GAS) (- 一. 一 per cent), Vingroup (VIC) (-0. 三 per cent), Vietjet (VJC) (- 一. 八 per cent), and PVPower (POW) (- 一 per cent).

According to Bảo Việt Securities Co, the VN-Index was expected to hover from  八 九 一- 八 九 五 points and increase during the last trading session of the week thanks to the recovery.

“The index needs to break over  九 一0-point level in order to recover next week. However, if it does, it will face the risk of a downtrend towards the strong and medium-term support zone of  八 六0- 八 七0 points,” BVSC said.

The company added that stock exposure should be maintained at  一 五- 二 五 per cent of portfolios.

“Investors with high stock exposure should take advantage of market rallies to lower their exposure. Investors with high cash proportions should stay outside the market and look for recovery signs,” it said.

Large-cap tracker the VN 三0-Index was up 0. 七 九 per cent to end Thursday at  八 四 八. 三 四 points, with  二 一 gainers and eight decliners.

On the Hà Nội Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index rose  二. 四 八 per cent to end Thursday at  一0 九. 二 六 points.

The northern market index finished Wednesday down 0.0 五 per cent.

Nearly  四 二 million shares were traded on the northern bourse, worth VNĐ 四 五 九 billion. — VNS