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Urgent: Gold soars after downbeat U.S. job report

Xinhua, October 3, 2015 Adjust font size:

Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange Friday rallied strongly, snapping its five-session losing streak, as a disappointing U.S. job report weighed on the dollar.

The most active gold contract for December delivery rose 22.9 U.S. dollars, or 2.06 percent, to settle at 1,136.6 dollars per ounce. Enditem