Gold futures fell Friday to settle at their lowest in more than two weeks on Friday, to be also down over the week as the US-China trade war burbled along and American consumer confidence rose strongly.
June Comex gold futures slid lost $US10.50, or 0.8%, to settle at $US1,275.70 an ounce.
That left gold down 0.9% for the week.
Comex July silver dropped 15.1 cents, or 1%, to $US14.388 an ounce, for a weekly loss of 2.7%.
Comex July copper fell 0.4%, to $US2.739 a pound. It fell by 1.3% for the week.
July platinum settled at $US820.30 an ounce, trading down $US13.30, or 1.6%, for a weekly loss of over 5%.
June palladium lost $18.90, or 1.4%, to $US1,305.80 an ounce, for a weekly loss of 3.3%.
