The VN-Index was down more than a percent early in the afternoon session on Thursday before late buying pushed to it closing slight up by less than a tenth of a percent. Trading value on HOSE was moderate at USD188mn. Most energy names extended gains from yesterday, led by GAS (+2.6%), which has jumped 23% over the last month, along with PVD (+1.1%) and VJC (+2.1%). Large caps TCB (+3.5%), VCB (+0.7%) and VJC (+2.1%) were among the top contributors to the day's gain.