Mubasher: Gold ended higher on Friday, adding 2.1% for the week.

Comex August gold climbed $18.7, or 1.5%, to close at $1,311.1 per ounce.

By 08:16 pm GMT, the US dollar index (DXY), which measures the US currency against a basket of six major currencies, declined 0.39% to 97.76.