Shares of "big guys" Petrolimex and PV GAS hit ceiling amid Middle East war

(Dan Tri) - Oil and gas stocks soared, many codes hit the ceiling today, positively impacting the overall market growth.

In the stock trading session on June 16, oil and gas stocks grew impressively in price. Notably, PLX of the Vietnam National Petroleum Group ( Petrolimex ) and GAS of the Vietnam Gas Corporation both hit the ceiling, with no sellers. GAS shares had a ceiling buy order of 882,200 units, PLX did the same, with a ceiling buy order of 155,700 units.

In addition to these two codes, some other oil and gas stocks also hit the ceiling price such as PIT of Petrolimex Import-Export Joint Stock Company or PVD of Oil and Gas Drilling and Services Joint Stock Corporation. On the other hand, many other oil and gas stocks also kept green in today's session such as PVG, POV, PND, PPT, POW...

Oil and gas stocks have risen dramatically in recent sessions, amid concerns about escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Israel attacked Iran last weekend, raising concerns about a full-scale war in the Middle East, with unpredictable consequences for regional and global security.

Oil and gas stocks soar (Illustration photo: PVN).

In addition to the above stocks, the market was supported by leading codes such as TCB,FPT , VPB, VPL, DGC. On the contrary, VHM, VIC, VJC, KDC... were still under selling pressure and negatively impacted the general index.

At the end of the session, VN-Index increased by 22.62 points to 1,338.11 points. The market was excited in the context of foreign investors net buying more than 879 billion VND. Many stocks were favored for net buying such as FPT, VPB, HPG, NVL, MWG or MSN.

Of which, the net purchase value at FPT was the largest, reaching over VND314 billion, followed by VPB with over VND204 billion. VPB shares were also the most actively traded in the VN30 group with a volume of over 71.7 million units. This code increased by 3.58% this session, reaching VND18,800/share.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/kinh-doanh/co-phieu-dai-gia-petrolimex-pv-gas-tang-tran-giua-chien-su-trung-dong-20250616160007467.htm