Precise Investors Editorial Team
Spot gold gained 1.1% to $4,434.70 per ounce after hitting a near one-month low in the previous session
Gold rose more than 1% on Thursday as the dollar and Treasury yields eased, while investors strapped in for U.S. nonfarm payrolls data that could help shape expectations for the central bank’s next policy move.
Spot gold gained 1.1% to $4,434.70 per ounce by 0425 GMT after hitting a near one-month low in the previous session.
U.S. gold futures rose 1.5% to $4,480.10.
The U.S. dollar was under pressure while the country’s Treasury yields slid from multi-year highs. A softer dollar makes dollar-priced metals less expensive for holders of other currencies.
Key nonfarm payrolls data is due on Friday. Meanwhile, the ADP National Employment Report showed U.S. private payrolls increased moderately in August.
The payrolls report will probably be the biggest defining moment of the week. If the jobs report misses expectations, and September rate hike bets decline, that could see gold move higher, said Ilya Spivak, head of global macro at Tastylive.
If prices get over the $4,400 level they’re currently in, we are going back in the direction of $4,500 and then $4,700, Spivak said.
Markets are currently pricing in a 62% probability of a U.S. rate hike this month, the CME FedWatch Tool showed.
Economic activity increased modestly, employment rose slightly, and prices increased moderately in recent weeks, according to a mixed report published on Wednesday by the central bank that may do little to convince central bank policymakers one way or another as they weigh whether to raise interest rates at their September 15 to 16 meeting.
Gold is traditionally seen as an inflation hedge, but higher rates increase the opportunity cost of holding the non-yielding asset.
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