Vietcap Daily - VN-Index increases for fourth straight session, gains 3.4% for week

* BID: Capital raising to unwind future growth - Update

* CTG: Earnings growth to accelerate over next three years - Update

* FRT: Pharmacy beats expectations; ICT to regain traction in 2025 - Update

* HDB: Attractive valuation despite lower earnings forecasts - Update

* SZC: Substantial land bank underpins medium-term outlook - Update

* Market wrap: VN-Index increases for fourth straight session, gains 3.4% for week

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Market wrap: VN-Index increases for fourth straight session, gains 3.4% for week

The VN-Index advanced by nine-tenths of a percent on Thursday, marking its fourth straight positive session as trading turnover on HOSE hit USD886mn. The VN-Index jumped 3.4% over the holiday-shortened week; however, it wrapped up the month of August with a gain of less than a tenth of a percent.

* GVR (+5.6%) increased by more than 11% for the week and was the top contributor to the day’s gain.

* Banks BID (+1.6%), TCB (+1.5%) and HDB (+3.1%) finished higher.

* Port operator GMD (+6.8%) surged to the daily trading ceiling.

* GAS (-0.7%) and SAB (-1.1%) were the day’s top two contributing laggards.