The VN-Index opened Thursday’s session by sinking seven tenths of a percent in the first 50 minutes of trading. However, the index recovered throughout the rest of the session before finishing the day with a gain of three tenths of a percent. VNM (+2.3%) was the day’s leading contributing gainer. Most banks increased, including CTG (+1.6%), TCB (+1.8%), MBB (+2.0%) and STB (+4.0%).