Gas Market Update

Natural gas for March delivery NGH15, +3.06%  turned higher to settle 9.1 cents, or 3.4%, higher at $2.804 per million British thermal units after a drop of 3% a day earlier. It was up 8.7% for the week.

Gasoline Market Update

March gasoline RBH5, +1.63%  rose 1.9% to $1.626 a gallon to end the week with a 4.3% gain, while March heating oil HOH5, +3.03%  settled at $1.971 a gallon, up 3% for the session and up over 7% for the week.

Platinum Market Update

Platinum for April delivery PLJ5, +0.65% rose $7 to $1,207.50 an ounce and March palladium PAH5, +2.14% picked up $20.80 to $794.45 an ounce. High-grade copper for March delivery HGH5, +0.00% ended little changed at $2.605 a pound.

Silver Market Update

March silver SIH5, +3.13% jumped 50 cents, or 3%, to end at $17.294 an ounce, for a weekly gain of around 3.6%.

Gold’s two-day streak helps trim weekly loss to 0.6%

Gold futures settled higher for the second-consecutive day Friday, paring the precious metal’s loss for the week.

Gold for April delivery GCJ5, +0.59%  gained $6.40, or 0.5%, to settle at $1,227.10 an ounce on Comex. Prices based on the most-active contracts were down about 0.6% on the week.