[BRIEFING.COM] With about two hours to go on the week the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (-2.79%) is today's top lagging major average, down about 480 points.
Gold futures settled $11.00 lower (-0.4%) to $2,469.80/oz, ultimately ending up about +1.7% on the week.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar Index id down about -1.1% to $103.24.