The VN-Index opened the new week by climbing 1.7% on Monday in a strong session that saw USD544.9mn of trading turnover and 219 gainers to just 90 decliners. VCB (+2.8%) was the top contributor to the day’s gain. Several other bank tickers made robust gains, including BID (+1.5%), CTG (+1.9%) and TCB (+2.1%), among others. Vingroup stocks VIC (+2.0%), VHM (+2.3%) and VRE (+4.9%) all advanced for the second straight session. Securities brokerages performed well with SSI (+6.8%).