Gold and silver were higher for the week until the Labor Department early Friday reported a stronger-than-forecast 195,000 rise in June non-farm payrolls, along with upward revisions for May and April. The market then turned south, with the most-active August futures finishing the week with a loss of $11 to $1,212.70 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. September silver lost 73.4 cents for the week to $18.736.
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