The VN-Index continued to set new records for the year, rising another 0.5% to reach 760 at the close. The strong rally included high volume of blue chips in the VN30 Index. Financial stocks remained market leaders, most banks went up. VCB (+1.7%), BID (+2.6%), CTG (+2.3%), MBB (+2.3%), ACB (+0.8%) and STB (+0.7%) led the market rally on reports that the National Assembly will approve a draft resolution next week to speed up the process of resolving non-performing loans.