India, July 25 -- Gold prices declined on Friday as trade talk optimism weighed on its safe-haven appeal.
Spot gold fell 0.6 percent to $3,348.19 per ounce in European trade, while U.S. gold futures were down 0.7 percent at $3,349.65.
After the U.S. signed trade deals with Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam, there is optimism for more trade deals ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's August 1 deadline for new tariffs on goods from an array of countries.
European Union officials are voicing optimism about a possible trade deal with the United States, with a baseline 15-percent U.S. levy on EU goods, and potential carve-outs for critical sectors.
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