At the end of the trading session on December 29, the price of SJC 9999 gold bars in Ho Chi Minh City was VND73 million per tael for buying and VND76 million per tael for selling. The price of SJC 4-digit 9 gold bars was listed in Hanoi for buying at VND73 million per tael and for selling at VND76.2 million per tael.

Meanwhile, the price of SJC gold bars traded at DOJI in Hanoi ended the session on December 29 at 70 million VND per tael for buying and 76 million VND per tael for selling.

The international spot gold price on Kitco floor at 9:53 p.m. on December 29, Vietnam time was at 2,063.5 USD per ounce. Meanwhile, the gold futures price was at 2,070.2 USD per ounce.

Gold price today December 30 on the world market is trading at a high level. The difference between buying and selling price of domestic gold is up to 6 million VND per tael.

On the stock market , at the end of the trading session on December 29, the VN-Index increased by 1 point, to 1,129.93 points. The HNX-Index decreased by 0.31 points, to 231.04 points. The UPCoM-Index increased by 0.07 points, to 87.04 points.

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World USD price recovers (Photo: Reuters)

The central exchange rate between the Vietnamese Dong and the US dollar announced by the State Bank on December 29 was 23,866 VND/USD, down 38 VND compared to the previous session. The USD price at commercial banks on December 29 continued to decrease, listed at the end of the session around 24,050-24,420 VND/USD (buy - sell).

The world USD price tends to recover. The DXY index - measuring the strength of the USD compared to 6 major currencies - at 9:47 p.m. on December 29, Vietnam time was at 101.36 points, up 0.13% compared to the previous session.

Today, December 30, gasoline prices on the international market increased due to a sudden sharp decrease in US oil inventories and a weaker USD.

In the domestic market, the selling price of gasoline and oil today, December 30, is applied according to the price at the management session on the afternoon of December 28.

Accordingly, the price of gasoline and oil is jointly managed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade - Ministry of Finance in the direction of keeping the price of RON 95 gasoline unchanged, slightly reducing the price of E5 gasoline, and increasing the price of diesel.

Specifically, the price of E5 gasoline decreased to 21,180 VND per liter. The price of RON 95 gasoline remained at 22,140 VND per liter.

While diesel price increased to 19,780 VND per liter. Kerosene price decreased to 20,450 VND per liter.