Hanoi (VNA) – Both Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange and its Hanoi-based counterpart recorded rises at the April 1 trading session, the fourth day since the new trading bands were applied.
However, the session saw a strong drop in the trading value at both bourses, reaching nearly 100 billion VND in total.
The number of investors getting involved in trading was equal to one-tenth of that at the time when the trading bands have not been narrowed down to 1 percent and 2 percent in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, respectively.
By closing, the VN-Index at the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange jumped 4.14 points or 0.80 percent to end at 520.99 points with 1.4 million shares, worth 72 billion VND, being traded.
The session saw 144 stocks rise to ceiling prices.
The HaSTC-Index at the Hanoi Securities Trading Centre added 2.98 points or 1.64 percent to finish at 184.41 points.
A total of 256,000 shares, valued at 25.5 billion VND, changed hands with 119 stocks climbing to ceiling prices.-Enditem
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