Gold edged lower on Friday on profit taking a day after a deal to contain the euro zone debt crisis triggered a broad rise in equities and commodities, but gold posted its biggest weekly rise since January 2009,
Spot gold finished at $1,743.10
per ounce, almost even with where it ended the previous session at
$1,743.95. It retreated from a one-month high of $1,751.99 to spend most
of the session modestly lower.
