Blue chips performed well Tuesday morning to lift the VN-Index on the HCM City market for the third day in a row. The index rose 1.53 per cent to 475.38 points, despite losers outnumbering gainers by 121:99.


Large capitalised stocks performed steadily, with dairy producer Vinamilk (VNM), resort developer Vinpearlland (VPL), property developer Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAG) and PetroVietnam Finance (PVF) rising to their ceiling prices.
Shares in influential insurer Bao Viet Holdings (BVH) gained 3.6 per cent while Masan Group (MSN) rose 3.4 per cent.
Banking stocks suffered a slight slide of 1 per cent, after the Government ban on forex shops took effect yesterday.
Trading volume gained 26.3 per cent from Monday's session to 29.8 million shares, totalling a value of VND700.4 billion (US$32.6 million).
Saigon Securities Inc (SSI) remained the most active stock, with 1.7 million shares changing hands. SSI closed off 1.8 per cent at VND22,100.
On the Ha Noi market, the HNX-Index fell 0.63 per cent to finish today's session at 90.05 points.
Volume slowed down to 30.1 million shares, worth a value of VND405.8 billion ($18.9 million). Losers doubled gainers with 170 shares falling.