VCSC Daily - Stocks climb for second straight day, but VN-Index falls 2.3% for week

* HCMC to adjust toll for using seaport infrastructure from August 1

* DPM to pay 2021 cash dividend of VND4,000/share in August

* HPG: Upbeat H1 2022 sales volume — in line with our expectation

* Market wrap: Stocks climb for second straight day, but VN-Index falls 2.3% for week

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Market wrap: Stocks climb for second straight day, but VN-Index falls 2.3% for week

The VN-Index advanced four tenths of a percent on Friday as investors continued to buy stocks after the index dropped to a 16-month low on Wednesday. Despite the VN-Index climbing for the second straight day, it finished the week down 2.3%.

* HPG (+3.2%) increased for the second day in a row and was the day’s top contributing gainer.

* GAS (+1.6%) snapped a six-session losing streak.

* MSN (+1.8%) jumped 4.9% over the last two sessions; however, it fell 4.2% on the week.

* Fertilizer manufacturers DPM (+5.4%) and DCM (+6.1%) experienced strong gains.

* On the negative side, banks VCB (-2.0%), BID (-3.6%), CTG (-1.5%), HDB (-1.2%) and TPB (-1.3%) were among the day’s top contributing laggards.