VN-Index drops but advances for week. The VN-Index broke a five-day win streak on Friday. Shares rose to above 625 with less than an hour of trading left in the session before closing down 1.49 points, or 0.2%, to 621.88. VNM (-1.4%) was the index's top contributor, followed by GAS (-1.6%), BID (-1.1%), CTG (-0.6%) and EIB (-2.4%). The index rose 2.3% for the week, gaining for an eighth week in the last nine.