Mubasher: Gold levelled up at Friday’s settlement, declining 0.1% for the week.

Comex August gold climbed $0.8, or 0.1%, to close at $1,344.5 per ounce.

By 07:55 pm GMT, the US dollar index (DXY), which measures the US currency against a basket of six major currencies, increased by 0.55% at 97.55.