India, Feb. 6 -- Gold futures settled lower on Thursday, losing ground after fairly strong gains in recent sessions, as the dollar rebounded from recent losses. Still, gold's downside was just modest as worries about potential trade war prompted investors to pick up the safe-haven commodity.
The dollar found support ahead of release of crucial U.S. jobs data.
The dollar index climbed to 108.10 in the New York session, extending earlier gains. However, the index retreated as the session progressed and was at 107.61 a little while ago, netting a loss of 0.13 or about 0.8%.
Gold futures for February ended down $15.60 or about 0.54% at $2,856.00 an ounce.
Silver futures for February settled at $32.518 an ounce, losing $0.339 or about 1.03%....