Gold rose, rebounding from the prior session's sharp drop, as the dollar declined and growing worries over a global economic slowdown boosted risk-off sentiment.
Global economic growth may stabilise, with inflationary pressure remaining absent and central banks refraining from raising interest rates, but that seemed overestimated.
Gold recovered on Friday as the US dollar retreated slightly, while jitters about a steep global economic slowdown, were heightened by soft Chinese figures.
Gold stabilised on Thursday as dollar approached its more than two-week high, but the safe-haven metal had some support from a lacklustre risk-taking appetite.
