[BRIEFING.COM] With about two hours to go on Friday the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (-1.00%) is down about 195 points, a hair better than half an hour ago.
Gold futures settled $24.20 higher (+0.9%) to $2,715.00/oz, ending up +2.3% this week; the yellow metal bounced on Friday, aided in part by policy uncertainty and inflation fears.
Currently, the U.S. Dollar Index is now up about +0.5% to $109.70.