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COMEX gold futures were hovering around $1,317.2 per ounce Friday.

GLD was up 1.3% Friday, breaking above its 200-day simple moving average. The ETF is up 3.5% over the past week and is 8.1% higher year-to-date.

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Max Chen contributed to this article.

Full disclosure: Tom Lydon’s clients own shares of GLD.