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Investing.com-- Gold prices steadied near a two-week high on Friday, crossing key levels as unwavering bets on interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve weighed on the dollar, with nonfarm payrolls data due later in the day set to provide more cues.  The yellow metal largely brushed off signals from the Fed that interest rate cuts will come later than expected this year, instead capitalizing on losses in the and moving closer towards 2024 peaks.  But gains in gold prices cooled on Friday as markets hunkered down before the payrolls...

Investing.com-- Gold prices steadied near a two-week high on Friday, crossing key levels as unwavering bets on interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve weighed on the dollar, with nonfarm payrolls data due later in the day set to provide more cues.  The yellow metal largely brushed off signals from the Fed that interest rate cuts will come later than expected this year, instead capitalizing on losses in the and moving closer towards 2024 peaks.  But gains in gold prices cooled on Friday as markets hunkered down before the payrolls...

Investing.com - The U.S. dollar rose in early European trade Thursday, climbing near to a seven-week high, after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady and played down expectations for a March rate cut. At 04:25 ET (09:25 GMT), the Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six other currencies, traded 0.5% higher at 103.575, close to the highest level since mid-December.  Dollar helped by Powell’s comments The kept interest rates unchanged at elevated levels at the conclusion of its latest policy-setting meeting on Wednesday. That was...