[BRIEFING.COM] The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (-2.42%) is down now about 415 points, a hair lower compared to the last half hour.
Gold futures settled $18.50 lower (-0.7%) to $2,524.50/oz, flipping gains to losses to end -0.1% lower on the week, as investors gauged this morning's mixed August Employment Situation report.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar Index is up less than +0.1% to $101.15.