Gold logs back-to-back gains to start July, second half of 2021, as dollar softens

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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.

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