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Urgent: Gold futures extend gains on soft U.S. jobs data

Xinhua, October 6, 2015 Adjust font size:

Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange extended gains Monday as weak U.S. jobs data continued to ease fears that the Federal Reserve would hike rates in 2015.

The most active gold contract for December delivery went up 1 U.S. dollars, or 0.09 percent, to settle at 1,137.60 dollars per ounce. Endit