A late-Thursday commodities snapshot showed silver rising faster than gold while oil benchmarks fell, offering a mixed picture across precious metals and energy markets for international investors.
Silver's quote stood at $50.078 an ounce, a 0.7% rise. Gold was at $3,885.57 an ounce, up 0.23%. The reading was timestamped 8 p.m. ET Thursday, equivalent to 01:00 UTC Friday.
Oil was weaker in the same reading. Brent crude was quoted at $97.87 a barrel, lower by 0.22%, while West Texas Intermediate was at $88.64 after a 0.4% decline.
The dollar edged down 0.01% against the offshore yuan to 6.67234 and rose 0.02% against the yen to 159.866.
European stock indexes moved in different directions: the Europe 50 fell 0.5% to 6,375.81 and Germany's DAX40 eased 0.1% to 26,733.5, while Britain's FTSE 100 gained 0.07% to 10,844.1.
