The VN-Index increased for the third consecutive day, closing up by 1.2% on Wednesday as investors exhibited optimism on the market’s recent uptrend. Following Tuesday’s thin liquidity session, trading turnover on HOSE jumped to USD231.7mn Financial stocks showed strong gains, led by BID (+2.2%), VCB (+1.0%), CTG (+2.7%) and TCB (+3.2%), among others. Steel manufacturer HPG (+4.8%) has surged more than 11% so far this week. Brewer SAB (+2.8%) gained for the third session in a row.