LONDON, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Gold prices eased back below $1,310 an ounce on Friday to head for a second straight weekly loss, as the dollar recovered from this week's seven-week low and uncertainty persisted over the outlook for U.S. monetary policy.
Speculation that the Federal Reserve could start tapering its $85 billion monthly bond-buying programme knocked gold to a three-week low this week, but it rebounded on Thursday as a rally in platinum sparked broad-based buying of precious metals.
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