The VN-Index gained seven tenths of a percent on Thursday as investors bought shares of blue-chip stocks following two days of the index trading sideways. However, trading turnover on HOSE dropped to USD259.6mn — a 23% decline from Wednesday’s session. Several banking stocks were among the top contributing gainers, including VCB (+1.8%), CTG (+1.6%), MBB (+2.5%) and TCB (+1.4%).