Mubasher: Gold went down at Thursday’s settlement, as the US dollar grew, marking its lowest level in a month.

Comex June gold dropped $20.6, or 1.6%, to close at $1,293.3 per ounce.

By 07:44 pm GMT, the US dollar index (DXY), which measures the US currency against a basket of six major currencies, increased by 0.29% to 97.19.