On Thursday, the VN-Index increased for its third straight day as it closed up 1% with trading turnover on HOSE skyrocketing to more than USD461.8mn. In addition, the VN-Index closed at 983.26 points to reach its highest level since January 22, which was the day before Vietnam’s first confirmed case of COVID-19. Oil & gas tickers GAS (+2.6%) and PLX (+4.7%) jumped. Notably, GAS hit its highest share price in nearly nine months. VCB (+3.0%) was the day’s top contributing gainer