Vietnam Insight

In regular trading on Thursday, the Dow rose 0.12%, the S&P 500 gained 0.52% and the Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.9%. Eight out of the 11 S&P sectors finished higher, led by communication services, technology and consumer discretionary. Those moves came as data showed that PCE prices in January exhibited a 0.3% month-over-month increase, up from December's 0.2%, and the core index rose to 0.4% from 0.1%, in line with expectations.

VNINDEX closed at 1,252.7 (-1.82 points, -0.15%) with liquidity maintained at a level higher than the 20-session average. The market has 214 green tickers and 262 red tickers. Stock groups contributing to the market's increase include MSN, HPG and KDH. On the contrary, the stock groups contributing to the market's decline were BID and VHM. Industry groups have differences in index increases and decreases.

• World stocks: Slightly increased as PCE data matched forecasts
• Vietnam stocks: Balance of supply and demand
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• Technical perspective and updated recommendations
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