Thursday, March 7, 2013

Gold higher ahead of U.S. jobs report


Gold futures are looking to end the week in strong fashion and are trading higher in the early of Friday’s Asian session ahead of the February non-farm payroll report due out from the U.S. Labor Department later today.

On the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, gold futures for April delivery rose 0.21% to USD1,578.40 per troy ounce in Asian trading Friday. The yellow metal settled up 0.01% at USD1,575.10 a troy ounce in U.S. trading onThursday.

Gold futures were likely to test support USD1,566.80 a troy ounce, Wednesday's low, and resistance at USD1,1619.40, the high from Feb. 26.

Gold held steady despite news that the European Central Bank will leave interest rates unchanged at 0.75%. In other central bank news, the Bank of England disappointed markets by not announcing any changes to the size of its GBP375 billion asset-purchasing program. Continue Reading...

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