VN-Index advances

The index closed 4.82 points higher after gaining 13.09 points on Friday.

Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) fell by 1.03% to VND20.04 trillion ($846.67 million).

The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 16 tickers gain.

NVL of property developer Novaland Group led with a 6.9% rise, followed by MWG of electronics retail chain Mobile World, up 3.8%.

PDR of Phat Dat Real Estate Development went up 2.6% and VIB of Vietnam International Commercial Bank closed 2.2% higher.

Twelve blue chips fell.

VJC of budget airline Vietjet dropped 1.2% and GAS of state-owned Petrovietnam Gas lost 0.9%.

Foreign investors were net sellers to the tune of VND330.24 billion, mainly selling MSB of Vietnam Maritime Commercial Bank and SSI of leading brokerage SSI Securities Corporation.

The HNX-Index at the Hanoi Stock Exchange, where mid and small caps list, was up 0.66% while the UPCoM-Index at the Unlisted Public Companies Market was up by 0.61%.