Gold tumbled as much as 2.4% on Friday, following a decline from the prior session, due to investors selling off the metal with other assets.
US stocks also tumbled on Friday, with the Nasdaq 100 Index sinking into a recession and the S&P 500 Index on pace for its worst week since March 2020.
Despite the jolt caused by the levies, gold stands to benefit this year from an increasingly volatile trade, macroeconomic and geopolitical environment.
Spot gold was down 2.4% at $3,041.11 an ounce at 10:59 a.m. in New York, on track for its first weekly loss in five.