[BRIEFING.COM] With about two hours to go on the week the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (-0.86%) holds onto second place, down just shy of 155 points.
Gold futures settled $57.30 lower (-2.3%) to $2,399.10/oz, down -0.9% on the week, as investors took profits after all-time highs in the yellow metal earlier in the week.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar Index is up about +0.2% to $104.34.