Mubasher: Gold ends lower on Friday, gaining 1% for the week.

Comex December gold declined by $7.6, or 0.5%, to settle at $1,523.6 per ounce.

By 07:09 pm GMT, the US dollar index (DXY), which measures the US currency against a basket of six major currencies, inched up by 0.01% to 98.16.