On Monday, the VN-Index started the week on a positive note as it increased by a half of a percent with trading turnover on HOSE reaching USD312.7mn. Bank stocks were up across the board. CTG (+3.6%) was the day’s top contributing gainer, hitting a more than seven-month high. In addition, BID (+1.2%), TCB (+2.0%), VPB (+2.1%), MBB (+2.0%) and STB (+3.8%) advanced. Steelmakers HPG (+2.5%) and HSG (+5.6%) gained on trading volume of more than 17 million shares and 16.9 million shares.