Wednesday's trading roughly mirrored yesterday's, with the VN-Index peaking above 689 a half hour after the start of the afternoon session and then pulling back over the next hour, only to jump higher at the close. Today, however, the market didn't dip into negative territory and closed up 2.84 points, or 0.4%, to touch 687.04. The bank sector (+1.1%) was bolstered by comments by a central bank deputy governor, who said she expects credit growth to reach the government's target this year of 18%-