The VN-Index of the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange ended its string of 25 declining sessions, recovering with a slight increase of 0.1 points or 0.03% to close at 370.55.

Up to 92 listed stocks on the southern bourse reported gains, while 56 others were losers and seven stayed unchanged.

The presence of large-cap stocks including VIC, VPL, DPM, HPG, PVD and ITA in the gainers' list was said to contribute to the recovery of the VN-Index on today's trading session.

The trading volume, though decreased compared to yesterday's figure, remained at high level with nearly 7 million units traded via order matching for VND 182 billion.

STB continued to occupy the top position in list of most traded stocks with over 900,000 units matched, followed by VFMVF1 (580,650 units), DPM (520,940 units), PPC (416,680 units) and SAM (228,870 units)

Foreign investors also increased their trading activities today. Specifically, they bought over 1.74 million shares and fund certificates worth VND 71.5 billion and sold 1.125 million shares worth VND 41 billion.

The southern bourse today welcomed the listing of one more fund certificate, VFMVF4 of the Vietnam Leading Enterprises Investment Fund, bringing the total number of listed stocks on the bourse to 155, including four fund certificates.

Ending its first trading session, 21,680 VFMVF4 units were traded at VND 8,300 a unit,

The HASTC-Index of the Hanoi Securities Trading Centre continued to see a second consecutive slight increase today, up 0.93 points or 0.865 to close at 109.47.

The trading board of the northern bourse was bathed in green as 100 stocks reported gains, most of them hitting ceiling prices, while only 26 declined, ten others had no trade and three maintained their reference prices.

The trading volume of the Hanoi bourse also dropped compared to yesterday's figure as demands exceeded offers. Ending the session, investors changed hands 3.3 million shares worth VND 62 billion.