Gasoline Market Update

Across other energy contracts, Nymex January gasoline RBF5, +0.12%  eased 0.3% to settle at $1.5087 a gallon, while January heating oil HOF5, -0.24%  slipped 0.4% to $1.92 a gallon.

Copper and Palladium Market Update

High-grade copper for March delivery HGH5, -1.38%  was off 4 cents at $2.81 a pound.

Platinum for January delivery PLF5, +2.16%  jumped $27.30, or 2.29%, to $1,218.40 an ounce. Palladium for March delivery PAH5, +1.18% rose $10.15, or 1.26%, at $817.95 an ounce.

Gold finishes holiday week with a small loss

Gold prices finished a holiday-shortened week down three-hundreths of a percentage point as gains Friday failed to outweigh heavy losses earlier in the week.

Gold for February delivery GCG5, +1.93%  surged $22.10, or 1.88%, to $1,196.30 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange Friday, but remained down 0.04% for the week after a big selloff on Monday. Silver for March delivery SIH5, +2.39%  gained 43 cents, or 2.7%, to $16.14 an ounce.

Crude oil falls again, loses 4.2% for week

Crude-oil futures fell Friday, erasing earlier gains, and pushing down prices for the week for the fifth straight time.

New York Mercantile Exchange-traded February crude CLG5, -1.25%  settled $1.11, or 2%, lower at $54.73 a barrel, its second-lowest settlement of the year, after one hit last week. It fell 4.2% over the week, its fifth consecutive weekly drop, and has plunged more than 28% in that time, the biggest such drop in six years.

U.S. stock futures point higher

U.S. stock-index futures were quoted higher in electronic trade late Thursday, suggesting a higher start Friday for Wall Street. 

About 12 hours ahead of the open, futures for the S&P 500 SPX, -0.01% and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.03% were quoted at levels implying a 0.2% gain for each.