Vietnam Insight

In regular trading on Monday, the Dow climbed 1.16%, the S&P 500 gained 0.9% and the Nasdaq Composite edged up 0.61%. Those gains came on a better-than-expected corporate earnings season, with about 80% of S&P 500 companies that have reported earnings posting positive surprises.

The VNINDEX closed strongly higher at 1,241.4 (+1.26%) with trading volume continuing to increase. The contributing groups to the market's upward momentum included CTG, VIC, VNM, while ACB and BCM moved in the opposite direction. Foreign investors and proprietary traders were net sellers in this session.

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