The VN-Index rose to above 810 early in the afternoon session on Thursday, a level that would have been a fresh nine and a half year high had it held. But momentum faltered into the close and the index finished the day with a small increase of a tenth of a percent. SAB (+4.4%) and BHN (+7.0%) made the largest contributions to the index's gain after local media reported that an agency within the Ministry of Finance recommended the Ministry of Industry and Trade to divest its stakes in the two