Mubasher: Gold settled higher on Friday, marking its third successive weekly gain.

Comex April gold adds $5, or 0.4%, to close at $1,312.3 per ounce, rising 0.7% for the week.

By 07:47 pm GMT, the USD dollar index (DXY), which measures the US currency against a basket of six major currencies, rose 0.33% to 96.67.