After a three-day correction, the VN-Index rallied today, rising 1.68 per cent to close at 460.45 points. Trading volume hit 59.8 million shares with a value of VND1.3 trillion (US$61.9 million).


185 listed stocks advanced, including many blue chips such as Phu My Fertiliser (DPM), up VND1,300; software producer FPT Corp (FPT) and PetroVietnam Finance (PVF), each up VND1,000; Ocean Group (OGC), up VND900; and Bao Viet Holdings (BVH), up VND500.
Among banking stocks, Sacombank (STB) and Vietcombank (VCB) made gains while VietinBank (CTG) dropped and Eximbank (EIB) closed unchanged. The State Bank yesterday set up an investigation team to check out the unusually high interest rates among commercial banks.
Saigon Securities Inc (SSI) posted the highest volume of 3.7 million shares and rose to the ceiling price of VND28,200.
33 stocks hit the ceiling price while only 8 dropped to the floor.
In Ha Noi, the HNX-Index gained 1.35 per cent to close at 111.99 points today.
Market volume rose to 52.8 million shares from 44.8 million on Wednesday, totalling VND994.3 billion ($47.3 million).
There were five time more advancers than on Wednesday, with 169 making gains, including blue chips such as Bao Viet Securities (BVS), up VND1,600; PetroVietnam Construction (PVX), up VND700; PetroVietnam Insurance (PVI), up VND400; and Asia Commercial Bank (ACB), up VND100.
Kim Long Securities (KLS) remained the most active stock with nearly 6 million shares changing hands, closing at VND15,900.