Gold price (XAU/USD) holds onto gains near the weekly high around $3,365 during the European trading session on Thursday. The yellow metal trades firmly ahead of the United States (USD) Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) data for June, which will be published at 12:30 GMT.
Investors will closely monitor the US NFP data as a few Federal Reserve (Fed) officials have expressed concerns regarding the labor market strength. Also, market experts believe that US business owners are reluctant for fresh hiring amid uncertainty surrounding the tariff policy imposed by President Donald Trump after his return to the White House.
The US NFP report is expected to show that the economy added 110K fresh workers, significantly lower than fewer than 139K in May. The Unemployment Rate is estimated to have accelerated to 4.3% from the prior reading of 4.2%.
Market participants are anticipating weak set of NFP numbers, following the ADP Employment Change data released on Wednesday, which showed that the private sector laid-off 33K employees in June, while they were expected to hire 95K fresh workers. Additionally, the May reading was also revised lower to 29K from 37K.
Soft US NFP data would prompt market expectations that the Fed will lower interest rates in the policy meeting later this month. Lower interest rates by the Fed bode well for non-yielding assets, such as Silver.
Meanwhile, investors are also awaiting clarity on trade negotiations between Washington and its trading partners as the tariff deadline is approaching, which is July 9.
Source: Fxstreet
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