The VN-Index climbed by another 1.96 per cent on Mar. 07 to finish Monday's trades at 468.22 points, thanks to heavy gains of many blue chips.


However, trading value fell 26 per cent to just over VND547.4 billion (US$26.1 million) while the volume of the day's trades dropped 28 per cent to 23.6 million shares.
Gainers outnumbered losers by 134-73 with most blue chips rising.
Among large capitalised shares, four hit their ceiling prices: Insurer Bao Viet Holdings (BVH), Phu My Fertiliser (DPM), conglomerate Masan Group (MSN) and resort developer Vinperlland (VPL).
Others also rose, including Vietinbank (CTG) up 3.2 per cent, PetroVietnam Finance (PVF) up 2 per cent, Vietcombank (VCB) up 1.9 per cent and Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAG) up 1.6 per cent.
Saigon Securities Inc (SSI) today was again the most active stock with 1.68 million shares changing hands, the only share with more than 1 million shares exchanged. SSI closed up 0.9 per cent to VND22,500 ($1.07).
On the Ha Noi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index dropped slightly by 0.31 per cent to close today at 90.65, despite advancers outnumbering decliners by 145-123.
However, market volume rose more than 50 per cent to 37.2 million shares worth more than VND465 billion ($22.1 million), thanks to explosive trades of Kim Long Securities (KLS) shares which saw over 9.5 million shares changing hands, becoming the most heavily traded stock nationwide.
KLS continued to decline another 5.6 per cent to close at VND10,100 ($0.54).