European equities continue the downside Friday

FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - The European markets tracked lower Friday to close out the week, with a further weakness permeating major indices across the continent – in addition, the EUR/USD rallied higher during European trading.

Beginning with the indices and composites, the EURO STOXX 50 fell -0.24% as it settles in region of 2770.17, down -6.61 points in these moments. In addition, the FTSE 100 collapsed into negative territory, operating at 6657.61, descending -39.58 points or -0.19% at the time of writing. Finally, the DAX has weakened recently as well, trading in the zone of 8293.54 presently -0.70% after a movement of -58.44 points.

Moving to commodities the prices of gold and silver are trading near session highs, and more specifically at USD $1387.30 and $22.41 per oz. respectively. In addition, the price of crude is operating at USD $93.90/bbl Friday.