Gold prices down, still up for the week.

Gold fell over 1% on Friday as the dollar firmed and investors took profits after prices briefly surpassed $1,450 to hit a six-year peak on dovish signals from the US Federal Reserve and is still on course for a second week of gains.

Spot gold was down 1.5% at $1,424.13 per ounce at 1:52 p.m. EDT (1752 GMT), having touched its highest since early May 2013 at $1,452.60. US gold futures settled down 0.1% at $1,426.70 per ounce.

Elsewhere, silver slipped 1.2% to $16.14 per...

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