Silver also remained under selling pressure and closed below the significant Rs 35,000-mark.
Standard gold (99.5 purity) moved down by Rs 15 to settle at Rs 25,770 per 10 grams from Thursday's level of Rs 25,785.
Pure gold (99.9 purity) also fell by a similar margin to settle at Rs 25,920 per 10 grams as against Rs 25,935.
Silver (.999 fineness) slipped by Rs 35 to finish at Rs 34,990 per kg compared to Rs 35,025 yesterday.
Spot gold was marginally lower at USD 1,140.30 an ounce in early European trade and silver quoted little changed at USD 14.89 an ounce.