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Holly Ellyat

European markets are heading for a mixed open at the start of the new trading week, and investors will be keeping a close eye on the latest U.S. inflation figures.

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Gold prices climbed on Friday, en route to their best week in five, with zero-yield bullion building on momentum fueled by weaker U.S. jobs data this week that reinforced expectations for interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve.

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Lim Hui Jie

Asia-Pacific markets were mixed Monday as investors assessed China’s stronger-than-expected April inflation data.

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Holly Ellyatt

European markets are heading for a positive start to trading Tuesday as traders look ahead to a busy day of earnings reports in the region.

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Gold prices climbed more than 1% on Monday, as the U.S. dollar weakened after softer-than-expected U.S. jobs data fueled expectations of potential interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve later this year.

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Lim Hui Jie

Asia-Pacific markets climbed on Tuesday, extending gains from the previous session, as Wall Street rose overnight on expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates.

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Matt Clinch

KEY POINTS

• European markets advanced Monday as traders continued to assess the possibility of rate cuts after softer-than-expected U.S. jobs data.
• Friday’s U.S. nonfarm payrolls report showed 175,000 jobs were added in April, below the 240,000 jobs expected by economists surveyed by Dow Jones.

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Gold prices ticked higher on Monday, as expectations that the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates later in the year and tensions in the Middle East lifted bullion’s appeal.

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Lim Hui Jie

Asia-Pacific markets tracked Wall Street gains on Monday as a softer-than-expected U.S. jobs report fueled hopes that the Federal Reserve could start cutting rates soon.

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