Gold prices slipped on Friday as a recovering dollar pulled them off a 3-1/2 month high, but the metal still eked out a weekly rise after gaining in recent sessions on bets against a U.S. interest rate hike. Weak buying support for physical bullion markets since Thursday's rally added to the pressure on gold, traders said. "I really don't see much progress for gold in the coming week, given that there'll be no meeting or minutes of the Fed that could really move the dollar," said Carlos Sanchez, director of commodities and asset management at New York's CPM Group. "Barring any untoward move, we could back in a trading range, with $1,190 being the high," he added. U.S. gold futures for December delivery settled down $4.40, or 0.4 percent, at $1,182.10 an ounce. Spot gold, or bullion , was down 0.6 percent at $1,176.06 by 4:37 p.m. EDT (2037 GMT). For the week, both the futures and spot markets rose by about 2 percent, acc...