Gold Steady Around $1190 after U.S. Jobs Data

Gold settled higher on Friday, snapping two days of losses, as revisions to U.S. payrolls data supported speculation that the Federal Reserve may hold off raising interest rates in the immediate future.

U.S. job growth rebounded last month and the unemployment rate dropped to a near seven-year low of 5.4 percent, potentially keeping the Federal Reserve on track to hike interest rates this year.

However, March payrolls were revised to show only 85,000 jobs created, the smallest number since June 2012.  Mixed economic data has pushed earlier expectations for the Federal Reserve to announce a rate rise at its June policy meeting back to later this year.

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