At the end of the trading session on December 30, the price of SJC 9999 gold bars in Ho Chi Minh City was VND71 million per tael for buying and VND74 million per tael for selling. The price of SJC 4-digit 9 gold bars was listed in Hanoi for buying at VND71 million per tael and for selling at VND74.02 million per tael.

Meanwhile, the price of SJC gold bars traded at DOJI in Hanoi ended the session on December 30 at 68 million VND per tael for buying and 74 million VND per tael for selling.

The international spot gold price on Kitco closed the weekend trading session at $2,062 an ounce. Meanwhile, the gold futures price was at $2,071 an ounce.

Gold prices today, December 31, on the world market ended a prosperous year with many records set. Domestic gold prices traded at high levels, with a large difference in buying and selling prices.

On the stock market , at the end of the year 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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USD price tends to increase. (Photo: Hoang Ha)

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 30 was listed around 24,050-24,420 VND/USD (buy - sell).

The world USD price tends to increase. The DXY index - measuring the strength of the USD compared to 6 major currencies - ended the week at 101.38 points, up 0.15% compared to the previous session.

International oil prices fell slightly at the end of the week. Brent crude oil closed the week at $77.04 per barrel, while WTI crude oil fell to $71.65 per barrel.

In the domestic market, the selling price of gasoline and oil today, December 31, is applied according to the price at the management session on the afternoon of December 28.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance jointly manage gasoline prices 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.

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