Silver Market Update

Elsewhere, 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%.

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.

Gold Market Update

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.

SGX Singapore Closing Market Update

S'pore shares ended 0.21% higher on Friday. The STI gained 7.05 points to close at 3,426.22.

About 1.03b shares changed hands.

Gainers beat losers 242 to 183.