Trading remained quiet for the majority of the morning session with banks leading the VN-Index's choppy movement. However, after the lunch break, the Index rallied to close at today's peak of 575.91, adding 4.2 points, or 0.73%, its third day of gains. By the close, only BID was able to make significant gains, rising 1.7%, while other banks, such as CTG (+0.6%), MBB (+0.7%) and VCB (+0.4%), made smaller gains.