Stocks also will begin to lose the support they've enjoyed from stronger-than-expected earnings since the first-quarter reporting period is almost at an end.
The Standard & Poor's energy index <.GSPE> ended the week down 7 percent, its biggest weekly drop in a year, and the iShares Silver Trust
NYMEX-NEW YORK, May 6 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil futures slumped for a fifth day on Friday, ending with the biggest weekly loss in dollar terms since oil trading began on the New York Mercantile Exchange in 1983, as a stronger dollar prompted investors to continue trimming oil bets.
The extended sell-off in an extremely volatile day snuffed out gains made after early data showed U.S. companies created jobs at the fastest pace in five years last month.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, crude for June delivery
CBOT-U.S. soybean slightly higher on Friday, bolstered by short-covering to end up 0,61 percent on the day, but down 4.7 percent for the week, traders said.
Prices spent the day vacillating on either side of unchanged following outside markets. The U.S. dollar was firmer late in the day and crude oil was lower, the traders noted.
FCPO-KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures tumbled to their lowest in more than six months on Friday along with a broad sell-off in commodities as traders fretted over the state of the U.S. economy and reduced risk taking.
The sell-off, which started in U.S. trading hours the previous day, has dragged on palm oil that has lost nearly 16 percent so far this year on a combination of weaker external markets, slow demand and a build-up in stocks.
Financial markets are still volatile ahead of the release of U.S. monthly jobs data later in the day, which is expected to give a reading on the health of the world's largest economy.
Benchmark July palm oil futures
The contract settled down 1.1 percent at 3,195 ringgit per tonne. Overall traded volumes stood at 32,482 lots at 25 tonnes each, much higher than the usual 25,000 lots.
REGIONAL EQUITIES-COLOMBO , May 6 (Reuters) - All Southeast Asian stock markets extended losing streaks on Friday with Thailand plunging to a five-week closing low led by selling in energy shares amid falling global oil prices.
Resuming trade after a second holiday this week, Thailand <.SETI> wavered 2.1 percent on Friday to a five-week low close, extending the loss to 3.9 percent for the week, the worst among its Asian peers and its highest weekly loss since the end of January.
Malaysia suffered a net foreign outflow of $43.5 million, while Thailand saw a net outflow of $115 million on Friday, data from the respective stock exchanges showed.
