VN-Index gains 0.26%

The index closed 2.77 points higher after losing 4.38 points on Friday.

Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) fell by 28.7% to VND8.52 trillion ($355 million).

The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 14 tickers dropped.

Among blue chips rising are SAB of brewer Sabeco, up 3.7% and VIB of Vietnam International Commercial Bank, up 2.5%.

Both SSI of leading brokerage SSI Securities Corporation and VRE of retail real estate arm Vincom Retail rose 0.5%.

MSN of conglomerate Masan Group fell 3.72%, and GVR of Vietnam Rubber Group lost 3.36%.

PDR of Phat Dat Real Estate Development dropped 2.64 percent.

Foreign investors were net buyers to the tune of VND537.59 billion.

The HNX-Index at the Hanoi Stock Exchange, where mid and small caps list, was down 0.47 percent while the UPCoM-Index at the Unlisted Public Companies Market was down by 0.03 percent.