Shares surprisingly closed in green on both exchanges this morning but the money was mainly in small shares.

On the HCM City Stock Exchange, the VN-Index opened low but added 0.46 per cent to close at 391.18 points.

Advancers outnumbered decliners by 111-41, led by blue chips, with the VN30 tracking the top 30 shares up 0.32 per cent to 457.35 points.

Almost 23.4 million shares, worth VND265 billion (US$12.7 million), changed hands this morning, with transactions dominated by penny and mid-caps.

The three most active codes on the bourse were mid-cap shares: Idico - Petroleum Trading Cintruction Investment (PXL), Petro Capital Infrastructure Investment (PTL) and mining company Tai Nguyen Corp (TNT), with each code seeing more than 1 million shares traded.
All three shares, traded for VND2,500-3,200 a share, posted gains of 3-4 per cent.

On the Ha Noi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index also rose 0.49 per cent to finish the morning's session at 52.98 points on a turnover of nearly VND127 billion ($6.1 million).

Property developer Sacomreal (SCR) remained the most active code with 3.26 million shares changing hands, rising 3.85 per cent over yesterday to VND5,400 a share.
Trading will resume at 1pm.