The VNI rose by 1.24% to 935.85 as a majority of stocks gained on the HOSE (198 gainers to 83 losers). Market sentiment improved from the arrest news and rumors, reflected by a strong recovery of banking tickers, such as VCB (+3.0%), CTG (+5.5%), MBB (+3.2%) and STB (+4.2%). Among large-cap stocks, VNM (+3.2%), MWG (+4.4%), PNJ (+3.3%), MSN (+2.1%), FPT (+2.2%) rallied but SAB (–1.6%) fell due to net foreign investors' selling.