Gold’s two-day streak helps trim weekly loss to 0.6%

Gold futures settled higher for the second-consecutive day Friday, paring the precious metal’s loss for the week.

Gold for April delivery GCJ5, +0.59%  gained $6.40, or 0.5%, to settle at $1,227.10 an ounce on Comex. Prices based on the most-active contracts were down about 0.6% on the week.