Stocks start week higher

By Minh Hieu March 17, 2025 | 02:34 am PT

An investor looks at stock prices on the screens at a brokerage in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran

Vietnam's benchmark VN-Index rose 0.76% to 1,336.26 points Monday.

The index closed 10.11 points higher after dropping 0.12 points in the previous session.

Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange decreased by 10% to VND20.674 trillion (US$809.6 million).

The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 17 tickers gained.

SHB of Saigon Hanoi Commercial Bank saw the biggest jump of 5.1%, followed by BCM of Becamex Investment and Industrial Development with a 3.5% increase. VPB of private lender VPBank was up 3.1%.

Nine blue chips fell. BVH of insurance company Bao Viet Holdings went down 1.12%.

FPT of IT giant FPT Corporation closed 1.07% lower and MSN of conglomerate Masan Group slipped 0.8%.

Foreign investors were net buyers to the tune of VND204 billion, mainly buying VCB of state-owned lender Vietcombank and NLG of real estate developer Nam Long Investment Corp.

The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, rose 1.67%, while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market went up 1.03%.