* Spot gold may fall towards $1,264 - analyst
* Silver hits 5-month low
* Palladium down 19% from record peak in March
* Platinum set to mark worst week in 10 (Updates prices)
By Brijesh Patel
May 17 (Reuters) - Gold price were mostly unchanged on Friday after a steep fall in the previous session, with gains curbed by a firmer dollar and a pullback in global equities on U.S.-China trade tensions offering support.
Spot gold XAU= was steady at $1,285.67 per ounce as of 1158 GMT.
U.S. gold futures GCcv1 were little changed at $1,285.80 an ounce.
Spot gold fell 0.8% on Thursday, its biggest one-day percentage decline since April, as investors became a little more receptive to taking on risk following strong economic data from the United States. one end, gold has support from prevailing uncertainties in the financial markets relating to the trade talks and concerns over growth outlook. At the same time, the dollar is expected to stay strong for at least the next two weeks," said Julius Baer analyst Carsten Menke.
"Gold is expected to be rangebound."
The dollar index .DXY rose, holding near a two-week high against a basket of currencies, making gold more expensive for holders of other currencies. USD/
Meanwhile, world stocks pulled back after tough words on trade from China. MKTS/GLOB
The Communist Party's People's Daily used a front page commentary to evoke the patriotic spirit of past wars, saying the trade war would never bring China down. U.S. move to block China's Huawei Technologies HWT.UL from buying vital American technology further ratcheted up tensions over trade. Thursday's sharp fall has dented the technical picture for the metal.
"Bullion prices had broken the bearish trendline that had marked the last few months," Carlo Alberto De Casa, chief analyst with ActivTrades, wrote in a note.
"A clear recovery to the $1,300 level, and prices holding above this psychological threshold, would confirm the supportive scenario seen in the last two weeks, while a fall below $1,280 would be seen as a negative element."
Spot gold may break a support at $1,283 per ounce, and fall towards the next support at $1,264, according to Reuters technical analyst Wang Tao. other metals, silver XAG= was down 0.5% at $14.49 an ounce, after hitting its lowest since Dec. 7 at $14.42 an ounce. Silver is also on track for a decline of about 2% for the week.
Platinum XPT= dipped 0.7% to $823.95 per ounce, having hit a two-month low at $818.50 earlier in the session.
Palladium XPD= slipped 0.7% to $1,320.91 an ounce. It has slumped about 19% since the metal used in catalytic converters in car exhaust systems hit a record high of $1,620.53 in March.
Both platinum and palladium are set to record weekly falls, with platinum on course for its biggest such drop in 10 weeks.