Mubasher: Gold soared at Friday’s settlement, rising 0.9% for the week.

Comex December gold jumped by $29.1, or 1.9%, to settle at $1,537.6 per ounce.

By 06:59 pm GMT, the US dollar index (DXY), which measures the US currency against a basket of six major currencies, declined by 0.54% to 97.64.