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Gold kept in check by elevated dollar, yields; U.S. jobs data in focus

Gold kept in check by elevated dollar, yields; U.S. jobs data in focus

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Gold prices were subdued on Friday and

looked set for a third straight weekly loss as the U.S. dollar

and Treasury yields rallied on a hawkish U.S. Federal Reserve

stance, with investors awaiting U.S. jobs data due later in the

day.

Spot gold fell 0.2% to $1,873.75 per ounce, as of

0742 GMT, while U.S. gold futures were steady

at$1,875.60.

The dollar was headed for a fifth winning week as benchmark

U.S. Treasury yields held near their highest levels

since November 2018.

There are several opposing catalysts at play for gold in the

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likes of a tight monetary outlook driving bond yields and a

stronger dollar, and that is being pitted against stagflation

risks boosting its safe-haven status and appeal as an inflation

hedge, said Yeap Jun Rong, a market strategist at IG.

“With that, gold prices seem to be undergoing a period of

indecision until one of the driving forces take greater control

of prices.”

Investors are now looking to U.S. non-farm payrolls data for

April to assess its impact on monetary policy. The Fed on

Wednesday raised its benchmark rate by half a percentage point,

the most in 22 years.

“I would not be surprised to see another above-consensus

wage print, and this may not be good for bullion as the market

would read those tea leaves as a sign of improving the odds for

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a 75 bp point hike at the July FOMC meeting,” said Stephen

Innes, managing partner at SPI Asset Management.

Non-yielding gold tends to fall out of favor among

investors when interest rates rise.

Equities tumbled as investors expressed concern that rising

interest rates could hurt global economic growth.

With the market back into selling everything mode, it seems

like “don’t fight the Fed is back in play,” Innes said.

Silver slipped 1% to $22.28 per ounce, platinum

slid 3% to $951.42 and palladium also fell 3% to

$2,123.95.

(Reporting by Swati Verma in Bengaluru; Editing by Vinay

Dwivedi, Uttaresh.V and Emelia Sithole-Matarise)

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