Market closes 1st week of New Year on a positive note

HÀ NỘI — The stock market closed the week on a positive note on gains of banking and some pillar stocks, while foreign investors kept selling on the biggest bourse. The benchmark VN-Index on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) extended the uptrend since the market reopened after the New Year holiday. The breadth of the market remained in negative territory as 140 stocks inched higher while 169 declined. Vinhomes (VHM) plunged 0.81 per cent, VPBank (VPB) was down 0.78 per cent, and Vietnam Airlines JSC (HVN) dipped 2.3 per cent. On the Hà Nội Stock Exchange (HNX), the HNX-Index also inched higher to 232.76 points, an increase of 0.2 points, or 0.09 per cent.