[BRIEFING.COM] With about two hours to go on Friday the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (+0.70%) holds a commanding lead over the next-best performing S&P 500 (+0.24%).
Gold futures settled $11.20 higher (+0.4%) to $2,659.60/oz, ultimately ending down about -0.8% on the week even as yields continued to fade off the mid-November highs and the dollar faded off an early-week rally.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar Index is up about +0.3% to $106.06.