Investing.com - Gold prices hit a one-month high on Thursday, in holiday-thinned trading as weakness in the dollar supported the precious metal.
Comex gold futures rose 0.28% to $1,295.00 a troy ounce by 4:32AM ET (9:32GMT) Thursday, just off its intraday high of $1,296.10 which was its highest level since November 29.
Futures were on the rise for a third straight session and were on track for weakly gains of more than 1%.
Gold has benefitted from recent weakness in the dollar in what many observers are suggesting is a case of selling off on the official announcement that U.S. President Donald Trump signed off on the tax overhaul.
A weaker greenback makes the precious metal more affordable for holders of foreign currency.
The U.S. dollar index, which measures the greenback’s strength against a trade-weighted basket of six major currencies, was last down 0.26% to 92.42, levels not seen since the end of September.
On Thursday’s economic calendar, investors will focus on weekly jobless claims at 8:30AM ET (13:30GMT).
Also on the docket, markets will digest the November trade balance, wholesale inventories and the Chicago purchasing mangers’ index (PMI) for December.
Elsewhere in metals trading, silver rose 0.47% at $16.835 a troy ounce, platinum gained 0.25% at $930.30 a troy ounce, palladium traded down 0.35% to $1,052.70 a troy ounce, while copper advanced 0.79% to $3.310 a pound.