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Gold set for 2nd weekly gain on United States rate-cut optimism

Gold rates were set to publish a. 2nd consecutive weekly gain on Friday as current softer U.S. economic information kept traders positive about interestrate cuts. later on this year, with other precious metals also heading for a. weekly gain.

Spot gold increased 0.3% to $2,366.83 per ounce since. 1207 GMT, likewise a two-week high.

Bullion has gotten more than 1% up until now in the week, adding. to the 1.7% increase last week.

U.S. gold futures increased 0.5% to $2,380.80 on the day.

There's been some softness coming through the economic data. from the U.S. today, like the other day's housing data pointed. towards a slowdown with high rates of interest having an unfavorable. influence on activity there, stated Ole Hansen, head of product. strategy at Saxo Bank.

Data on Thursday showed novice applications for U.S. welfare fell reasonably last week, while new. housing building and construction dropped. This, together with warm retail. sales last month, keeps the chance of a September rate cut on. the table.

Lower rates of interest reduce the chance expense of holding. non-yielding bullion.

Meanwhile, China's yuan dipped to a fresh seven-month low. against the dollar.

The soft Chinese renminbi is also among the reasons that. financiers in general in China have actually been falling over gold in. current months, apart from obviously the worries about the. residential or commercial property sector, Hansen said.

The market's next focus is on the U.S. flash getting. supervisors' indexes due at 1345 GMT.

Area silver fell 0.6% to $30.53 per ounce, however. following gold's trajectory, it was also up 3% so far for the. week.

Spot platinum was up 2% at $998.15 and palladium. climbed up nearly 4% to $959.56. Both metals were also. headed for weekly gains.

The (palladium) market is tight this morning and has. been relatively tight all week. Note the excessively high. outright brief positions on NYMEX; as the quarter (and is some. cases ) end approaches next week there may be some. book-squaring-related covering going on, StoneX expert Rhona. O'Connell said.

(source: Reuters)