Stock Market Update
16-Aug-24 14:00 ET
Gold adds to weekly gains on Friday
Dow +115.06
at 40678.12,
Nasdaq +64.19
at 17658.68,
S&P +14.88
at 5558.10
[BRIEFING.COM] With about two hours left to go on Friday the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (+0.28%) holds onto the lead among the major averages, up about 65 points.
Gold futures settled $45.40 higher (+1.8%) to $2,537.80/oz, ending the week +2.6% higher, helped by weaker yields and a softer greenback.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar Index down about -0.4% to $102.55.
