Rebounding from 6 week high rate, Gold futures finished higher on Friday whetted by the softer dollar followed by the US job data which came in mostly as expected. The yellow metal for the most active contract marked third straight weekly fall, by about 1%.
Gold futures for December higher by $13.30 or 0.8% to settle at $1722.60 ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile. While, spot gold tad higher by 0.1% to $1,697.80 per ounce.