The VN-Index advanced a half of a percent on Wednesday as investors focused on buying bank stocks due to expectations for strong Q1 2021 results. Banking tickers soared with CTG (+4.9%), BID (+2.1%), VIB (+5.7%), TCB (+1.1%), STB (+3.7%), HDB (+2.6%) and MBB (+1.2%) all among the day’s top 10 contributing gainers. In the energy sector, GAS (+2.8%) and POW (+2.6%) climbed.