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prices climbed on Friday, en route to their best week in five, with zero-yield bullion building on momentum fuelled by weaker U.S. jobs data this week that reinforced expectations for interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve. Spot gold
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rose 1% to $2,369.49 per ounce by 2:02 p.m. ET (1802 GMT).
U.S. gold futures
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for June delivery settled 1.5% higher to $2,375.00 per ounce.