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Although market breadth this morning remained tilted toward declines, strength from leading components was enough to support the VN-Index and push it to 1,921.29 points. While the VN-Index has fully surpassed its historical peak, the broader market did not show explosive momentum.
The HoSE benchmark index ended the session up 0.31%, or +5.92 points. The lone gainer among the largest names was VIC, up 0.88%, while VHM rose 2.50% and contributed nearly 7 points—more than the overall gain. The rest of the blue chips performed poorly, with the VN30 basket showing 9 gainers and 16 decliners, and the index down 0.26%.
Apart from VHM, the VN30 group had only LPB up 3.09% and SSI up 1.41% as notable gainers, though these two stocks have relatively low representativeness. Bank stocks generally performed poorly, with 13 of 27 green tickers; five rose more than 1%, and all were small banks. Besides LPB, other gainers included EIB up 3.84%, OCB up 3.11%, BVB up 2.38%, and MSB up 1.48%.
LPB was the best-performing stock and has returned near its historic high from early November last year. LPB has risen more than 17% in the last 7 sessions and nearly 28% since the low in early April.
In the securities group, price action was more positive, with only 6 stocks in the group red, including HCM down 0.89%. HCM’s weakness may reflect a recent sharp rise: since the end of March 2026, the stock has risen more than 45% to today, and it has increased as much as 50%. Overall, the securities group had 12 stocks up 1% or more.
Leading in both price strength and liquidity was VIX, with volume of 1,144.4 billion dong and a gain of 5.65%. VIX has risen more than 19% over the last four sessions on exceptionally large liquidity. After VIX, SSI traded at around 438 billion dong, up 1.41%. Other strong names included SHS up 3.45%, IVS up 3.08%, CTS up 2.79%, PSI up 2.33%, VPX up 1.82%, and BSI up 1.72%.
Outside the leading names, relatively few stocks advanced notably alongside the VN-Index. Market breadth on HoSE was 117 gainers to 162 decliners, with 52 stocks up more than 1%, but only 22 of these had liquidity above 10 billion dong. Blue chips contributed mainly through VHM and SSI.
Midcaps outside VIX also posted gains, including GEX up 4.63%, EIB up 3.84%, GEE up 6.95%, GEL up 6.92%, CII up 2.71%, BSR up 3.66%, MSB up 1.48%, and VND up 1.22%. These stocks were trading above 100 billion dong per ticker.
The morning VN-Index movement is illustrated in the accompanying chart.
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