Vietcap Daily - VN-Index posts marginal gain of 0.12%

* Market wrap: VN-Index posts marginal gain of 0.12%

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Market wrap: VN-Index posts marginal gain of 0.12%

The VN-Index posted a marginal gain of 0.1% (+1.6 pts) to close the trading day at 1,331.9. Real estate sector retained its leadership role, driving the Index modest advance amid mixed sector performance. Throughout the index, there were 270 gainers, 191 laggards, and 78 stocks that were unchanged. Total trading value increased slightly compared to the previous trading day to USD873.7mn.

* The leading gainers in property sector were VRE (+3.4%), BCM (+1.0%), VHM (+0.4%), and VIC (+0.4%). However, low-cap stocks such as QCG (-3.3%), CKG (-2.5%), and HQC (-2.0%) plunged.

* Basic Materials turned around to positively impact the benchmark thanks to GVR (+1.3%), PHR (+3.7%), HPG (+0.2%), and DPR (+7.0%).

* A few other strong gainers included Banks tickers, such as BID (+1.5%), CTG (+1.2%), and TPB (+2.1%). Besides, Industrials and Utilities also outperformed thanks to gains from GEE (+4.4%), VGC (+1.0%), HAH (+2.4%), POW (+2.4%), REE (+0.7%), and NT2 (+3.0%).

* Technology sector underperformed, as FPT (-1.9%) posted losses.

* Other notable laggards across sectors included Financials services tickers such as SSI (-0.9%), HCM (-1.7%), VND (-1.6%), and VCI (-1.0%), Consumer services HVN (-1.8%), FRT (-1.2%), and SCS (-1.4%).