British News Agency

Oil prices declined while gold and silver posted gains in commodity markets on the final trading day of the week.

Gold rose 0.25 percent to $4,117.20 per ounce, while silver gained 1.15 percent to $58.450. Copper prices also increased by 1.21 percent to $6.5480.

In the energy sector, WTI crude oil fell 6.14 percent to $79.47, while Brent crude declined 5.32 percent to $83.25. Natural gas prices dropped 0.86 percent to $2.763, heating oil fell 2.40 percent to $3.9971, and RBOB gasoline futures lost 3.51 percent to $3.0048.

In agricultural commodities, U.S. soybean futures declined 0.54 percent to 1,181.13 cents per bushel, while U.S. wheat futures fell 0.62 percent to 635.30 cents per bushel.