VN Index ends 2017 at 10-year highVietnamese shares ended on a positive note on Friday as large-cap stocks remained positive and banks continued to draw investors’ attention for full-year earnings prospects. The benchmark VN Index on the HCM Stock Exchange gained 0.77 per cent to end 2017 at its fresh 10-year high of 984.24 points. Vietnam’s key stock index has increased by 48 per cent since the beginning of the year and it has rallied a total of 4 per cent after the last six sessions. On the HanoiStock Exchange, the HNX Index edged up 0.39 per cent to close at 116.86 points.The northern market index has risen nearly 46 per cent in total since the end of 2016 and it has notched a five-straight-day growth of 3.4 per cent.Market trading condition was quite good in the last session of the year with 282 gaining stocks, 201 declining ones and 126 shares that closed flat. Foreign investors posted a net buy value of VND1.14 trillion, almost five-fold the figure that was recorded on Thursday.

Source: VietNamNet News December 31, 2017 11:40 UTC