Bullion prices ended lower at Comex on 13 September 2018 at Comex. Gold futures finished lower pulling back a day after scoring their highest finish in two weeks even as a benchmark dollar index extended its losses for the week to date.

On Thursday, December gold lost $2.70, or 0.2%, to settle at $1,208.20 an ounce after climbing to a roughly two-week intraday high of $1,218. December silver fell 0.3% to settle at $14.244 an ounce. The September front-month contract settled earlier this week at $14.05, the lowest since January 2016.

A leading dollar index gave up early gains in the wake of global central bank news and Thursday's U.S. economic data.

A measure of consumer-level inflation climbed but did so at a slower pace, while the weekly check-in on jobless benefits claims slipped but held near a 49-year low.

The Bank of England, meanwhile, left rates untouched as it noted some concern for slowing global growth. The European Central Bank, as well, stood pat on policy as expected. Turkey's central bank raised a key lending rate in an effort to thwart the deterioration of its currency's value.

Against that backdrop, the dollar weakened, but failed to give dollar-denominated gold a boost. The ICE U.S. Dollar Index slipped 0.3% at 94.55. It has climbed 2.6% year to date.