Article: Index starts month on uptick.

Hanoi (VNA) -- The VN-Index began the new month on Sept. 1 by closing up for the fifth consecutive trading day, gaining 0.31 percent to end the session at 547.69.

However, heavy sales early in the session left investors concerned whether the market could continue its upward trend when trading resumes after Sept. 2s National Day holiday.

Losers outnumbered gainers by 92 to 62 on the HCM Stock Exchange, while trades totalled 2.9 trillion VND (163 million USD) on a volume of 71.9 million shares.

An analyst in HCM City who asked for his name to be withheld said the price-per-earnings ratios of Vietnamese stocks remained lower than those in regional ...

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