Gold futures finished higher Thursday, supported by a slight pullback in the U.S. dollar from a three month high overnight. August gold
GCQ21,
+0.12%
GC00,
+0.12%
rose $5.20, or 0.3%, to settle at $1,776.80 an ounce. The dollar, as gauged by the ICE U.S. Dollar Index
DXY,
+0.15%,
a measure of the buck against a half-dozen currencies, was down 0.1% though it rose to a three-its highest level since around March overnight.