Gold had a boring, if mildly positive, day on Friday, as many traders left their desks to get a jump on the Memorial Day weekend, locking the metal up in a tight range between $950 and $960, leading to a finish at $956.50/oz., up $2.60. For the week, gold added 2.8%.

In the energy market on Friday, crude for June delivery fell back, closing at $56.34/barrel, down $2.28. June reformulated gasoline dropped 4.31 cents, to $1.6806/gallon.

In the energy market on Monday, crude for June delivery fell off, closing at $50.14/barrel, down $1.41. May reformulated gasoline dropped 3.92 cents, to $1.4083/gallon.

In the energy market on Friday, crude for June delivery rose, closing at $51.55/barrel, up $1.93. May reformulated gasoline added 4.6 cents, to $1.4475/gallon.

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In the energy market on Tuesday, oil rallied, with crude for May delivery closing at $49.66/barrel, up $1.05. May reformulated gasoline debuted as front-month contract at $1.40/gallon.

Gold rose in Europe on Friday, building on the previous session’s near 3 percent gains, as Wall Street’s slide to 12-year lows curbed appetite for equities and the dollar tumbled ahead of U.S. jobs data later this session.

The base metals were mostly lower on Thursday. Copper’s ups and downs virtually cancelled each other out yesterday, as the metal finished at $1.5249/lb., up a half-cent.

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