VN-Index (VNI) closed above the technical resistance threshold of 900. After hitting 900 points at the beginning of September, the VNI edged down in the following week. However, the VNI regained its upward momentum to move above the 900-point level in the second half of the month. Closing September at around a six-month high of 905.2 (+2.7% MoM; -5.8% YTD), the VNI outperformed regional indices such as Indonesia’s JCI (-7% MoM; -22.7% YTD), Thailand’s SET (-5.6% MoM; -21.7% YTD)