Gold futures fall for the session, gain for the week

29967 gold futures fall for the session gain for the week

Gold futures declined on Friday, giving up earlier gains, but holding onto a climb for the week. Colin Cieszynski, chief market strategist at SIA Wealth Management, attributed the day’s pullback in prices partly to profit-taking ahead of the long weekend, with regular trading closed Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. However, a decline in the U.S. dollar for the week and gold’s long-term role as an inflation hedge are among the reasons behind the precious metal’s rise this week, he said. February gold GCG22, -0.23% fell $4.90, or 0.3%, to settle at $1,816.50 an ounce. Prices based on the most-active contract rose 1.1% from last Friday’s settlement to mark their fifth weekly rise in six weeks, FactSet data show.

Source: Marketwatch

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