HANOI, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's capital Hanoi continued to increase, extending the upward trend to the second consecutive week as trading liquidity remained positive.
On Friday, the HNX-Index, the benchmark of the Hanoi Stock Exchange, closed at 87.57 points, down 0.59 points or 0.66 percent against the previous trading session.
A total of some 66.491 million shares worth around 786.438 billion Vietnamese dong (some 35.27 million U.S. dollars) were traded at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Friday, a decrease of 15.29 percent in volume and 25.82 percent in value against the previous trading session.
Compared to last Friday's close, the HNX-Index this week increased by 2.42 points or 2.84 percent on Friday.
During the week, the HNX-Index experienced one down and four ups, posting the lowest level of 85.81 points on Monday and highest level of 88.16 points on Thursday.
In comparison, in the previous trading week, the benchmark ranged between 83.53 points and 85.15 points.
During this week, a total of some 384.443 million shares worth over 4.606 trillion Vietnamese dong (around 206.569 million U.S. dollars) were traded on the Hanoi bourse.
As of Friday, the benchmark climbed 7.61 points, or 9.52 percent compared with the last trading session in 2015.
From Monday to Friday, foreign investors returned to be net-sellers with sharp increase in selling compared to the previous week.
During this week, foreign investors bought over 8.432 million shares and sold over 14.475 million shares.
In the previous week, the purchase volume of foreign investors was over 10.257 million shares in buying and over 2.439 million shares in selling.
Statistics show that there are risks of a new adjustment on the market. The index is expected to experience fluctuation in the short term.
The range of 84-85 points will serve as resistance level for the index in case of downward trend, said analysts.
