[BRIEFING.COM] The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (+0.27%) is today's worst-performing major average with about two hours to go, albeit on gains of about 50 points.
Gold futures settled $37 higher (+1.4%) to $2,676.30/oz, climbing out of the red on Friday to end higher by about +0.3% this week.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar Index is down about -0.1% to $102.84.