Stocks fall, gold gains

Stocks fell on Friday.

The S&P 500 fell 0.5 percent but still finished the month up 0.3 percent.

The Stoxx Europe 600 fell 2.1 percent but was up 1.2 percent for the month.

Safe havens did better on Friday. Gold rose 1.9 percent while the yield on the US 10-year Treasury note fell to 1.821 percent from 1.838 percent on Thursday.