Gold price retreats after peaking at $4,106, drifting lower nearly 1% on Friday as the US employment report crushed forecasts and increased the chances that the Federal Reserve (Fed) could increase rates at the December meeting. The XAU/USD trades at $4,060 at the time of writing.
The NZD/USD pair attracts some sellers to near 0.5585 during the Asian trading hours on Friday. The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) extends its downside against the US Dollar (USD) due to soft employment data and political uncertainty in New Zealand.
West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US crude oil benchmark, is trading around $90.15 during the early European trading hours on Thursday. WTI gains traction as traders assess the outlook for US-Iran relations following the US midterm elections and recovering oil supplies from the Middle East.