[BRIEFING.COM] With about two hours to go on Thursday the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (+0.33%) has returned to the top of the standings, up about 58 points.
Gold futures settled $23.40 higher (+1.0%) to $2,336.60/oz, on pace to end higher for just the second time in the last five sessions as the dollar displays relative weakness.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar Index is down about -0.2% to $105.88.