VN-Index gains

The index closed 11.09 points higher after gaining 19.36 points on Tuesday.

Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) increased by 11.52% to VND10.67 trillion ($451.54 million).

The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 19 tickers gain.

PDR of Phat Dat Real Estate Development led with a 6.7% gain.

It was followed by BID of state-owned lender BIDV, up 4.7%, and VRE of retail real estate arm Vincom Retail, up 4.3%.

PLX of fuel distributor Petrolimex and SAB of brewer Sabeco both gained 2.9%.

Nine blue chips fells, with MWG of electronics retail chain Mobile World losing 1.8% and HDB of HDBank falling 0.9%.

Foreign investors were net buyers to the tune of VND319.23 billion, mainly buying STB of Ho Chi Minh City-based lender Sacombank and SAB.

The HNX-Index at the Hanoi Stock Exchange, where mid and small caps list, was up 1.43% while the UPCoM-Index at the Unlisted Public Companies Market was down by 0.11%.