Fresh sellers kept bullion below the US$3,300/oz mark on Friday as fresh sellers took advantage of Thursday's price bump.
Optimism for an uptick in gold prices remained buoyant as San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly said policymakers could still reduce interest rates twice this year.
That could benefit non-yielding bullion as it tends to benefit in low-interest-rate environments - a trend that keeps gold attractive despite USD's recent strength.
Meanwhile, a federal appeals court temporarily reinstated President Donald Trump's most extensive tariffs on Thursday, following a U.S. trade court's ruling on Wednesday that Trump had overstepped his authority by imposing these duties and subsequently ordered an immediate halt.
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It remains to be seen if that causes investor movement out of equity and into commodity safety.
"Gold prices are more or less consolidating at this point of time... what we see is that these are normal market occurrences just at the range now is slightly wider mainly due to the confidence in the U.S. dollar," said GoldSilver Central managing director Brian Lan said.
On the metals front, gold traded lower at US$3,291/oz, spot silver fell 0.8% to US$33.07/oz, platinum was steady at US$1,081.93/oz and palladium dropped 0.3% to US$970.43.
