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May silver SIK5, -0.99% settled down 7.1 cents, or 0.4%, at $17.069 an ounce, leaving it with a weekly gain of 1.1%.
May copper HGK5, -1.65% dropped 4.35 cents, or 1.6%, to $2.7675 a pound — up roughly 0.2% for the week. April platinum PLJ5, -1.19% fell $10.40, or 0.9%, to $1,143.60 an ounce — 0.2% higher from the week-ago settlement.
June palladium PAM5, -4.62% gave up $32.35, or 4.2%, to $741 an ounce, losing around 4.9% for the week.
April natural gas NGJ15, -2.81% fell 8.2 cents, or 3.1%, to $2.59 per million British thermal units, with the contract down 7% for the week. The April contract expired at the close of Nymex trading.
April gasoline RBJ5, -4.55% settled at $1.798 a gallon, down 8.4 cents, or 4.5%. It was about flat for the week. April heating oil HOJ5, -3.07% fell 6 cents, or 3.4%, to $1.7275 a gallon—down about 0.4% on the week.
Oil futures settled lower on Friday for the first time in six sessions but still gained about 5% for the week, with strength fueled in part by an escalating conflict in Yemen.
West Texas Intermediate crude for delivery in May CLK5, -5.83% settled at $48.87 a barrel, down $2.56, or 5% on the New York Mercantile Exchange, with the front-month contract ending about 4.9% higher for the week following a 4.5% jump on Thursday.
May Brent crude on London’s ICE Futures exchange LCOK5, -5.19% fell $2.78, or 4.7%, to $56.41 a barrel, leaving it with a weekly gain of around 2%.
Gold futures settled with a loss on Friday, putting an end to a seven-session stretch of gains that had lifted prices to their highest level in more than three weeks.
Gold for April delivery GCJ5, -0.54% shed $5, or 0.4%, to settle at $1,199.80 an ounce Friday on Comex. During their seven-session climb, gold futures tallied a total gain of 4.9%. For the week, prices gained 1.3%.
