Shares gained slightly on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange on Friday morning, supported by the positive performance of blue chips, but prolonged foreign net selling continued to weigh on investor sentiment. VinMart+ convenient store of Vincom Retail. Shares of the company rose 0.9 per cent on Friday morning. - VNS Photo Mai Hương The VN-Index inched up 0.16 per cent at 988.92 points. Twenty of the top 30 shares by market value and liquidity gained value and only four lost. The other six remained unchanged. Biggest companies by market value such as Vingroup, Vinamilk, Vietcombank, Vietinbank, PV Gas and Sabeco rose by less than 1 per cent. Vincom Retail, a subsidairy of Vingroup, also rose 0.9 per cent. By sector, speculative stocks such as securities, real estate, construction and petroleum were bleak. Liquidity was low with just 79.6 million shares worth more than VND2 trillion (US$86 million) traded on the southern market. On the Ha Noi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index … [Read more...] about VN Index up marginally, foreign investors continue net sells
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Irving, playing with face fracture, leaves Nets-Lakers early
Brooklyn guard Kyrie Irving left the team’s preseason game against the Los Angeles Lakers about one minute after tip-off after taking a hit to the face.Irving was attempting to play through a facial fracture, an injury that occurred in a pickup game last month. He was wearing a clear mask in an effort to protect his face, but appeared to bump into Lakers guard Rajon Rondo while playing defense just 1:06 into the contest.Irving’s face made contact with Rondo’s upper arm. The Nets guard immediately winced in pain, took the mask off and motioned to the bench that he needed a substitute.It was not immediately clear if Irving would return to the game. ___More AP NBA: https://apnews.com/NBA and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports … [Read more...] about Irving, playing with face fracture, leaves Nets-Lakers early
Nets-Lakers, Box
14L.A. Lakers33223224—1113-Point Goals_Brooklyn 20-41 (Musa 4-6, Prince 4-6, Temple 3-5, Dinwiddie 3-6, Kurucs 3-6, Harris 2-5, Pinson 1-5, Nwaba 0-2), L.A. Lakers 11-28 (Caruso 3-4, Caldwell-Pope 3-8, James 2-3, Rondo 2-3, Norvell Jr. 1-2, Davis 0-1, Jackson 0-2, Bradley 0-2, Green 0-3). Fouled Out_Prince. Rebounds_Brooklyn 42 (Kurucs 8), L.A. Lakers 45 (McGee 10). Assists_Brooklyn 26 (Dinwiddie 7), L.A. Lakers 30 (Caruso 8). Total Fouls_Brooklyn 24, L.A. Lakers 29. Technicals_Brooklyn coach Nets (Defensive three second). A_15,992 (18,000). … [Read more...] about Nets-Lakers, Box
Shares retreat as large caps fell
Shares failed to continue their rally due to the adjustment of some large-cap stocks on Tuesday morning. Ten of the top 30 shares by market value and liquidity gained value and 14 lost. The other six remained unchanged. - Photo ndh.vn The benchmark VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange lost 0.23 per cent to end the session at 991.32 points. Some 89 million shares worth more than VND1.7 trillion (US$72.7 million) were traded on the southern market. The VN-Index rose 0.17 per cent to close Monday at 993.57 points. Vinhomes (VHM), PetroVietnam Gas JSC (GAS), Vinamilk (VNM), Vietnam Construction And Import-Export Joint Stock Corporation (VCG), vicostone JSC (VCS) and PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation (PVS) put the biggest pressure on the market this morning. VHM decreased by 2.4 per cent to VNĐ85,800 per share. GAS decreased by 0.8 per cent to VND101,200 per share. VCG decreased 1.1 per cent to VNĐ26,300 per share. Ten of the top 30 shares by market value … [Read more...] about Shares retreat as large caps fell
Remembering My First Love: South America
Updated: August 28, 2019 When I remember my 2009 semester in Buenos Aires, too many “nevers” come to mind. I will never be 19 again. I will never drink so much malbec that I jump into a pool fully clothed. I’ll never eat choripán with chimichurri on the street with friends, laughing like crazy. And a small but deeply cynical part of me believes I’ll never see South America again, a continent that shaped me in my teenage years and has more of an emotional hold on me than any other. South America first ensnared me when I was 15. I flew to Ecuador on a group trip, hoping to learn a little Spanish and embark on my first international trip without parents. Honestly, a month in Ecuador was more than I had bargained for: glacially cold showers in the countryside, men staring at me unabashedly and a level of grime and squalor that I had never seen growing up in suburban Michigan. I went completely broke halfway through the trip and could barely afford breakfast. … [Read more...] about Remembering My First Love: South America