Gold futures finished lower on Thursday, with prices slipping back ahead of the weekend on profit taking, as caution set in ahead of Friday’s U.S. jobs report, said Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets UK. “A particularly strong jobs report could well pull [Treasury] yields off their lows of the week when markets reopen next week, especially if inflation numbers next week also surprise to the upside,” he said. Still, prices based on the most-active contract ended the holiday-shortened trading week with a sixth consecutive weekly gain, as prices for the metal found support from concerns about a potential…
