Gold futures settled modestly lower on Thursday as riskier assets such as equities moved up amid easing worries about the U.S. debt limit and data showing a bigger than expected drop in U.S. jobless claims last week.
However, a slightly weaker dollar limited gold's decline. The dollar index stayed below the unchanged line since trading commenced on Thursday. The index dropped to a low of 94.08 but subsequently rose to 94.28.
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