Heavy buying on large caps from foreign investors continued to boost the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange on Thursday.


The benchmark VN-Index stretched its winning run to three days in a row, rising 8.62 points, 3.1 percent, to close at 286.25.


The market’s liquidity remained high, with 26 million
shares worth VN582 billion ($33.3 million) changing hands. Of the 181
listed companies 101 advanced and 50 dropped.


Foreign players remained net sellers for the sixth straight session, pumping in more than VND72 billion today.


PetroVietnam Fertilizer and Chemical Joint-Stock Company ([url="http://www.vietstock.com.vn/vstfinance/StockDetail.aspx?scode=DPM&q=DPM" style="color: rgb(23, 50, 128); text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">DPM), software developer FPT Corporation (FPT), steel maker Hoa Phat Group (HPG) and PetroVietnam Finance Joint-Stock Corporation (