Market wrap: Stocks end year on down note. The VN-Index was little changed for most of the session on Friday until strong selling at the close left the index down nine tenths of a percent. For the week, the index fell 2.2% for its third straight week of losses. The market fell 9.3% in 2018 after surging 48% in 2017. VIC (-6.9%) was the top contributor to the day’s loss followed by VHM (-2.6%) and VRE (-4.5%).