Market wrap: VN-Index slides for second straight day. The VN-Index increased in morning trading on Friday. However, the positive momentum ultimately could not be sustained as the index fell in the afternoon to close down less than a tenth of a percent. For the week, the index declined three tenths of a percent. BID (-1.7%) was the leading contributor to the day’s loss. Fellow banks CTG (-1.4%), VCB (-0.2%), MBB (-0.9%), VPB (-0.4%) and STB (-0.9%) also dropped.