Gold extends advance on weaker dollar

Gold for August delivery GCQ3 +0.34%  gained $5.50, or 0.4%, to $1,289.70 an ounce, after settling $6.70 higher in Thursday’s trade on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.

The advance came as the U.S. dollar pared some of its Thursday gains, with the ICE dollar index DXY -0.16%  sitting at 82.618 early Friday, down from 82.783 late the

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