Commodities End Anemic Week Mostly Lower

MADLEN READ

NEW YORK (AP) — Commodity prices ended an anemic week mostly lower on Friday, with investors growing less impressed by global economic data.

For months, commodities were rallying on signs that the economy's slide was slowing. Now, because new readings have yet to show actual strength, investors are cashing in some of their gains.

Investors "sense that prices have already done enough, so we're kind of stalling a bit right now," said Edward Meir, senior commodities analyst at MF Global in New York. ...