VN-Index rises 0.09% on December 29

The index closed one point higher after gaining 6.94 points in the previous session.

Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange increased by 2% to 15.77 trillion VND(649.91 million USD).

VN-Index has been struggling to return to previous historic peaks of over 1,500 points it secured in early 2022.

It slowly rose to the highest level in September at 1,245 points but fell quickly and established a bottom of 1,028 points in the end of October.

The benchmark then recovered but mostly went flat in the remaining months.

The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, fell 0.13%, while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market went up 0.02%.