[BRIEFING.COM] With about two hours left to go on Friday the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (+0.82%) is in second place, up about 144 points.
Gold futures settled $30.10 higher (+1.2%) to $2,610.70/oz, ending +3.4% higher on the week, pushed higher on Friday amid a dip in the dollar accompanied by declines in yields ahead of next week's highly-anticipated FOMC policy meeting.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar Index is down about -0.3% to $101.08.