Oil and gold closed the week on a losing note mainly on sinking consumer sentiment.
New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in August, fell 61 cents on Friday to finish the week at $76.01 a barrel.
London's Brent North Sea crude for September fell 82 cents to settle at $75.37.
Gold futures fell $20.10, or 1.7%, to $1,188.20 an ounce, the biggest one-day drop since May 21, by the close of floor trading in New York Friday.
Gold rose to a record $1,266.50 an ounce on June 21 and surged to all-time highs in euros, UK pounds and Swiss francs last month amid Europe's fiscal crisis
Silver futures for September delivery fell 57.4 cents, or 3.1 per cent, to $17.788 an ounce on the Comex. The price was down 1.6 per cent for the week.
Platinum futures for October delivery dropped $21.60, or 1.4 per cent, to $1,512.10 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The metal lost 1.4 per cent this week.
Palladium futures for September delivery declined $18.60, or 4 per cent, to $448.60 an ounce on the Nymex, for a weekly decline of 1.8 per cent.
Copper prices dropped as much as 2.8 per cent. Energy futures also declined.
New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in August, fell 61 cents on Friday to finish the week at $76.01 a barrel.
London's Brent North Sea crude for September fell 82 cents to settle at $75.37.
Gold futures fell $20.10, or 1.7%, to $1,188.20 an ounce, the biggest one-day drop since May 21, by the close of floor trading in New York Friday.
Gold rose to a record $1,266.50 an ounce on June 21 and surged to all-time highs in euros, UK pounds and Swiss francs last month amid Europe's fiscal crisis
Silver futures for September delivery fell 57.4 cents, or 3.1 per cent, to $17.788 an ounce on the Comex. The price was down 1.6 per cent for the week.
Platinum futures for October delivery dropped $21.60, or 1.4 per cent, to $1,512.10 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The metal lost 1.4 per cent this week.
Palladium futures for September delivery declined $18.60, or 4 per cent, to $448.60 an ounce on the Nymex, for a weekly decline of 1.8 per cent.
Copper prices dropped as much as 2.8 per cent. Energy futures also declined.
