Shares managed only modest gain thanks to the support of heavyweight stocks but low liquidity still showed investors’ cautiousness.

Some 329 listed companies on the Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh stock exchanges have met all information disclosure requirements, 70 companies more than last year, according to a survey on information disclosure on the stock market conducted by the IR Awards 2020 programme.

Shares moved up a little on Thursday morning thanks to the rally of some individual pillar stocks.

The State Securities Commission may be authorised to switch the stock market off if it falls too much in the trading day.

Shares ended lower on Wednesday, witnessing differentiation in pillar stocks.

Shares failed to gain on Wednesday morning due to selling pressure weighing on large-cap stocks.