Gold prices have slipped as a recovering US dollar pulled them off a three-and-a-half-month high, but the metal still eked out a weekly rise after gaining in recent sessions on bets against a US interest rate hike.

Gold prices have slipped as a recovering US dollar pulled them off a three-and-a-half-month high, but the metal still eked out a weekly rise after gaining in recent sessions on bets against a US interest rate hike.