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Gold prices rose on Friday and are moving toward gains for the second week, while investors accept safe havens amid security tensions over Syria.
US president Donald Trump and his national security aides have discussed options on Syria, which has threatened to strike at a response to a suspected poisonous gas attack, while a Russian envoy expressed concerns over the widening conflict between Washington and Moscow.
However, Trump raised doubts about the timing of his threat to strike in Syria on Thursday via a tweet, saying that the attack on Syria "may be very close and may not be so."
Gold is usually used as a store of value in times of political and financial uncertainty.
By 0930 GMT, gold in online transactions rose 0.4 percent to 1340.79 dollars per ounce and tended to climb on a weekly basis by about half a percent. Gold was settled in American futures contracts at $1343.70 for an ounce.
Global equities are poised to achieve the largest weekly gain in more than a month while investors ignore tensions while the dollar decreases, boosting primary commodities.
Among other precious metals, silver in spot transactions rose 0.7 percent to 16.54 dollars per ounce and more than one percent since the beginning of the week.
Platinum rose 0.8 percent to 931.902 dollars a ounce. The metal tends to rise more than one percent during the week, the biggest increase in about two months.
Palladium climbed 1.3 percent to 976.10 dollars a ounce and is heading toward a height of eight percent this week in its best performance since January January 2017.
