Natural Gas Market Update

Natural gas for January delivery NGF15, -5.38%  fell 18 cents, or 4.9%, to settle at $3.4640 per million British thermal units. Friday’s settlement was the lowest since Nov. 4, 2013.

Gasoline market Update

Gasoline for January RBF5, +3.26%  rose 3 cents, or 2.1%, to settle at $1.5595 a gallon on Nymex. January heating oil HOF5, +1.89%  added 2.5 cents, or 1.2%, to end at $1.9622 a gallon on Nymex.

Oil holds on to rebound, rallies more than 4%

Oil futures rallied Friday, shaking off sharp losses earlier in the day and rebounding from their lowest settlement in more than five years.

Light, sweet crude futures for January delivery CLF5, +5.17%  rose $2.42, or 4.4%, to finish at $56.52 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Brent crude for February delivery on London’s ICE Futures exchange LCOG5, +4.86%  rose $2.11, or 3.6%, to $61.38 a barrel. On the week, Brent lost 1.2%, also its fourth straight weekly loss.

Gold edges up Friday, but loses 2.2% for the week

Gold prices edged up Friday yet still suffered a 2.2% drop for the week, staying under the closely-watched level of $1,200.

Gold for February delivery GCG5, -0.03%  inched higher by $1.20, or 0.1%, to settle at $1,196.00 an ounce. March silver SIH5, +0.82% gained 10 cents, or 0.6%, to end at $16.03 an ounce.

Market Closing Update

MALAYSIAN shares ended higher on Friday with the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index adding 16.04 points to close at 1,715.99.

Some 1.87 billion lots, valued at RM2.21 billion were traded. Gainers numbered 606 while losers numbered 257.