Spot gold edged up 0.2% to $4,632.46/oz on Friday, ending two months of declines.
Gold's April drop of ~1% followed a near‑12% March slump, driven by inflation fears from the Iran‑Ukraine war.
Central banks (Fed, ECB, BoE, BoJ) signaled possible near‑term rate hikes, raising opportunity cost for non‑yielding assets like gold.
Spot silver rose 0.9% to $74.43/oz while platinum slipped 0.2% to $1,986.60/oz; trading volumes were muted.