Gold prices remain a shade lower to the $1313 ahead of the London market opens on Friday. The bullion increased Thursday as doubts over Brexit as well as a trade accord between the US and China joined hands with weaker US retail sales. SEE MORE The dollar was edging higher against major European currencies early Friday in Europe after weak Chinese inflation data overnight reinforced concerns about global growth. SEE MORE The eurozone's chemicals and pharmaceutical industry's output would fall by 0.3 percentage points below initial forecasts by the end of 2020 in the case of a no-deal Brexit, according to a study by analysts at Oxford Economics. SEE MORE Brent crude oil prices slipped away from 2019 highs above $65 per barrel reached earlier on Friday, as economic concerns countered OPEC-led supply cuts and a partial shutdown of Saudi Arabia’s biggest offshore oil field. SEE MORE The tit-for-tat tariffs imposed by the U.S. and China drastically undercut trade between the two countries in January, resulting in the largest drop-off in Chinese imports of American goods in recorded history. SEE MORE