Gold prices declined Friday to mark their lowest settlement since early August, pressured by strength in the U.S. dollar, which put pressure on the dollar-denominated yellow metal. The ICE U.S. Dollar Index was poised to log a seventh weekly climb in eight weeks, up Friday as the ISM nonmanufacturing index for October rose to the highest level since Aug. 2005. December gold fell $8.90, or 0.7%, to settle at $1,269.20 an ounce, the lowest since Aug. 8, according to FactSet data. It lost about 0.2% for the week.
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