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RHB analyst Joseph Chai says daily-chart technicals for COMEX gold futures remain bearish. A recent bullish candlestick shows a minor pause in selling pressure, but the overall bias is still to the downside. Futures prices remain below the 20-day and 50-day simple moving averages.

Strong U.S. employment data boosted Fed rate-hike expectations and pressured gold, which erased its year-to-date gains. In the U.S. session, spot gold fell about 3.5% and broke below $4320/oz. U.S. Treasury yields and the dollar both rose. A tight labor market leaves Fed officials room to tighten further, while Middle East tensions lifted energy prices. Rising rates typically weigh on non-yielding precious metals.