Spot gold prices turned lower late Thursday, after rising to as much as $ 1,772.14 earlier in the session.

Bullion was down 0.26 percent at $1764.89 an ounce at 6:43 p.m. EDT.

Prices had hit a near two-week low of $1,702.44 earlier Thursday.

(Reporting by Soma Das in Bangalore; Editing by Bob Burgdorfer)

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