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It closed 14.6 points higher after losing 15 points Thursday.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE), on which the index is based, dropped to VND12.8 trillion ($524.91 million) from over VND13 trillion on Thursday.
The VN30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 26 tickers increased.
SHS of Saigon – Hanoi Securities rose 4.2%, followed by STB of Ho Chi Minh City-based lender Sacombank with a 3.5 % surge.
CTG of state-owned lender VietinBank increased 2.1% and EIB of private lender Eximbank closed 2.4% lower.
Foreign investors were net buyers for the session to the tune of VND130 billion, mainly buying VNM of dairy giant Vinamilk and STB.
The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, surged 1.07% while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market up 0.47%.
