At the end of the trading session on December 16, the price of SJC 9999 gold bars in Ho Chi Minh City was listed at VND73.35 million per tael for buying and VND74.35 million per tael for selling. Meanwhile, the price of SJC 4-digit 9 gold bars was listed in Hanoi at VND73.35 million per tael for buying and VND74.37 million per tael for selling.

The price of SJC gold bars traded at DOJI Hanoi on December 16 was 73.2 million VND per tael for buying and 74.4 million VND per tael for selling.

The international spot gold price on the Kitco floor ended the week at $2,019.5 an ounce. While the gold futures price was at $2,035.7 an ounce.

Gold prices today, December 17, on the world market fluctuated little due to lack of momentum to increase prices from now until the new year.

On the stock market , at the end of the trading session on December 15, VN-Index decreased by 7.83 points to 1,102.3 points. HNX-Index decreased by 0.21 points to 227.02 points. UPCoM-Index decreased by 0.17 points to 85.05 points with 141 stocks increasing and 172 stocks decreasing.

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USD price tends to recover (Photo: Reuters)

The central exchange rate between the Vietnamese Dong and the US dollar announced by the State Bank on December 15 was 23,882 VND/USD, down 63 VND compared to the previous trading session. The USD price at commercial banks on December 16 was listed around 24,040-24,410 VND/USD (buy - sell).

The world USD price tends to recover after falling to a 4-month low. The DXY index - measuring the strength of the USD against 6 major currencies - ended the week at 102.59 points, up 0.63% compared to the previous session.

Oil prices on the international market fell slightly at the end of the week. Brent crude oil prices fell to 76 USD/barrel. WTI crude oil prices fell to 71 USD/barrel.

In the domestic market, the selling prices of gasoline and oil today, December 17, are applied according to the prices at the management session on the afternoon of December 14 of the Ministry of Finance - Industry and Trade.

Accordingly, gasoline prices were adjusted down, in which RON 95 gasoline continued to decrease for the 5th consecutive time.

Specifically, the price of E5 gasoline dropped to 20,510 VND per liter. The price of RON95 gasoline dropped to 21,400 VND per liter.

Diesel price dropped to 19,010 VND per liter. Kerosene price dropped to 19,960 VND per liter.

Financial news on the morning of December 16, 2023: Gold and oil prices increase, USD recovers. Gold prices today, December 16, on the world market increased in the context of the market expecting the Fed to loosen monetary policy. World oil prices continued to increase. International USD prices also recovered.