The market fell for a fifth day in six on Thursday, albeit the decrease was tiny. The VN-Index hit its low for the day in the morning at 656, peaked in the afternoon at 665, and wound up closing down 0.69 points, or 0.1%, at 659.57. Leading the decliners were VNM (-0.6%), BVH (-1.6%), MWG (-3.0%) and EIB (-2.5%) while blue chips VCB (+0.9%), VIC (+1.0%) and GAS (+0.8%) enjoyed modest gains.