Friday in Shanghai, bullion remained steady as investors waited for a key speech from Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke later in the day and expected the US to revise downward its second-quarter economic growth figure.
Spot gold added about $1.06 to stand at $1,236 an ounce by 3:35 GMT, as a weekly rise of 0.7 percent carried it towards its fourth straight week of gains. It hit $1,244.00 on Thursday, its highest since June 30.
A bullish target for spot gold at $1,260 per ounce has been aborted, as it failed to climb up successively on Thursday but corrected with an indication the rally is very exhausted.
The US government is seen revising its second-quarter economic growth to an annual pace of 1.4 percent from a previous figure of 2.4%.
The recent disappointing data flow from the US recently has aroused fears of a double dip in the economy, although new jobless claims figures released on Thursday showed a surprise fall, offering some relief to investors.
US gold futures for December delivery were trading at $1,238 an ounce, barely changed on the day.
In other metals, silver fell by 1% to $18.89 an ounce, easing from a near two-month peak of $19.15 on Thursday. Silver is headed for a 5.3% gain on the week, its strongest weekly gain since early April.
Holdings in the iShares Silver Trust rose to 9,196.69 tonnes by Aug. 26 from 9,175.38 tonnes on August 24.
The other precious metals were quoted at about 00:33 GMT as much as:
Metal Last Change Pct chg YTD pct chg
Spot Gold 1234.65 -0.29 -0.02 12.68
Spot Silver 18.89 -0.01 -0.05 12.24
Spot Platinum 1526.00 1.00 +0.07 4.02
Spot Palladium 498.00 0.37 +0.07 22.81
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