Despite being down 1% at the beginning of afternoon trading on Monday, the VN-Index recovered throughout the rest of the session to close down by less than one tenth of a percent. Trading turnover on HOSE was subdued at just USD166.1mn — well below the one-month average of USD204.9mn. BID (-0.8%) was the day’s leading contributing decliner. Meanwhile, fellow bank VCB (+0.4%) edged up and was the top contributor among gainers, followed by TCB (+1.5%). VRE (-1.3%)