London - Saba:
Gold prices fell on Friday, heading for a weekly loss, due to a stronger dollar and diminished expectations regarding the pace of interest rate cuts in the United States.
This outweighed support from escalating geopolitical risks in the Middle East.
By 06:04 GMT, spot gold was down 0.8% at $2,333.99 per ounce, down about 2.5% since the beginning of the week. US gold futures also fell 1.4% to $2,361.80 per ounce.
As for other precious metals:
Spot silver fell 2.1% to $35.61 per ounce.
Palladium fell 0.8% to $1,042.04.
Platinum fell 1.9% to $1,282.72, but is on track for its third consecutive weekly gain.

more of (International) |