[BRIEFING.COM] The major averages still hold solid losses on Friday afternoon, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (-2.64%) currently at session lows on declines of more than 500 points.
Gold futures settled $2.40 lower (-0.1%) to $2,570.50/oz, all told down about -4.6% this week as the dollar and bond yields rallied this week.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar Index is down about -0.1% to $106.62.