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Urgent: Gold up sharply on weak jobs data

Xinhua, April 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose sharply Monday as a weak U.S. jobs report released over the holiday weekend gave a large amount of support to the precious metal.

The most active gold contract for June delivery rose 17.7 U.S. dollars, or 1.47 percent, to settle at 1,218.60 dollars per ounce. Endite