In trading on Friday, precious metals shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 7.1%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Asanko Gold, off about 15.4% and shares of Gold Standard Ventures off about 14.6% on the day.

Also lagging the market Friday are general contractors & builders shares, down on the day by about 4.7% as a group, led down by Select Interior Concepts, trading lower by about 15% and Hovnanian Enterprises, trading lower by about 12.9%.

For MarketNewsVideo.com, I'm Sayoko Murase.