Vietnam’s stock market increased for the sixth
consecutive trading session Wednesday on the backs of decreasing gold
price and slowdown in the property market.


The benchmark VN-Index, the measurement of the 156
leading companies and four closed-end funds listed on the Ho Chi Minh
Stock Exchange, increased 4.12 points, or 0.9 percent, to close at
464.01.


“The market was effervescent with high stocks
liquidity,” Director of the Management Board of Phuong Dong Securities
Company Lam Dao Thao told Thanh Nien Daily over the phone.


Recent gold price decrease and property market
stagnation have made these investment channels less attractive, leading
to greater capital flow into the stock market, Thao said.


Gold price in the domestic market plummeted to VND17.4
million (US$1,048) per tael [one tael equals 37.5 grams] Wednesday from
around VND19 million ($1,152) late last month.


Stocks trading volume reached nearly 21.83 million
units worth VND787.38 billion ($47.72 million) Wednesday, down 5.54
percent in volume and 1.76 percent in value.


Foreign investors bought 2.45 million stocks and sold 2.63 million.


Large-caps of Saigon Thuong Tin Joint Stock Commercial
Bank, PetroVietnam Fertilizer and Chemical Company, and multi-sector
production and trade group Hoa Phat were among the most widely traded
in the market Wednesday, respectively accounting for 19.73 percent,
7.65 percent and 6.49 percent of the total market’s trading volume.


Among 88 stocks seeing price hikes Wednesday,
large-caps such as Saigon Thuong Tin Joint Stock Commercial Bank
increased 2.97 percent to VND4.31 million ($261.20); Saigon Securities
Company went up 2.84 percent to VND130,730 ($7.90); and technology
development and investment firm FPT climbed 2.7 percent to VND221,080
($13.40).


At the Hanoi Securities Trading Center, its HASTC-Index increased 3.1 points, or 2.22 percent, to 142.64 points Wednesday.