VCSC Daily - VN-Index climbs on late surge from blue chips

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* Market wrap: VN-Index climbs on late surge from blue chips

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Market wrap: VN-Index climbs on late surge from blue chips

* The VN-Index jumped in afternoon trading on Thursday to close up by nine tenths of a percent as several blue-chip stocks reversed course and recorded strong gains.

* VHM (+6.7%) climbed to a two-week high and was the top contributor to the day’s gain.

* MSN (+5.2%) ended a three-session losing streak.

* Most banks gained, including VCB (+1.4%), CTG (+3.3%), TPB (+6.9%), BID (+2.5%), TCB (+1.4%) and VIB (+3.5%).

* GAS (+1.3%) increased for the second day in a row. Meanwhile, petroleum distributor PLX (-2.2%) snapped a two-session winning streak and was the day’s top contributing laggard.