Shares were mixed at closing on Thursday, higher on the HCM City Exchange but lower on the northern bourse, experiencing strong volatility with big variation in large-caps’ prices.

Shares rose towards the end of Wednesday’s session as investors snapped up opportunities as positive first-half earnings reports came in.

The domestic steel production is expected to gain year-on-year growth of about 20 per cent this year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Việt Nam’s benchmark VN Index ended on a negative note for the second day in a row as profit-taking pressure rose in the last minutes to limit the growth of large-cap companies.

Vietnamese shares slipped on Monday as the two main stock indices fell, but the downtrend slowed during the closing minutes thanks to the recovery of blue-chips.

Vietnamese shares failed to maintain their upward trend on Thursday thanks to overwhelming selling pressure that persisted from the start of the trading hour to the closing minutes.

Despite the imposition of anti-dumping duties on colour-coated steel products by Indonesian authorities, Vietnamese steel producers should not worry about the possibility of losing competitiveness, according to the Việt Nam Steel Association (VSA).

Vietnamese shares closed Friday on a positive note as investors started buying in when exchange-traded funds (ETFs) offloaded stocks during their portfolio reviews.

Vietnamese shares sloped on Tuesday as recent rallies triggered a massive sell-off among investors to lock in profits and further market decline is in forecast for local markets.

Twenty-two documentaries will be screened during the European - Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival from tomorrow to June 17 in Ha Noi and HCM City.