The market closed largely unchanged on Wednesday as bullish and bearish sentiments entered a tug-of-war.

Vietnamese shares ended the week on a negative note, dragged by banking and securities stocks.

Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index dropped 1.56 percent to 1217.30 points Friday with trading value rising double-digit.

VNDirect Securities Corporation (HoSE: VND) is now the only securities firm in the billion-dollar market capitalisation club.

Vietnamese shares jumped on Thursday following the rise of a series of industry groups, with indices gaining right from the beginning of the session, bolstered by multiple large-cap stocks.

Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index rose 1.87 percent to 1,236.63 points Thursday, the biggest gain in three weeks.

Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index dropped 1.33 percent to 1213.93 points Wednesday, lowest in over four weeks.

Vietnamese shares ended lower on Wednesday as investors shunned risky assets on worries about volatile global markets after aggressive interest rate hikes.

Vietnam Airlines JSC has just sent a document to the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE) explaining measures and a roadmap to remove it from the list of stocks trading under supervision.

Vietnamese shares inched higher on Tuesday as investors snapped up beaten-down shares following a bruising selloff in the previous session.