Gold futures prices fell after a stronger-than-expected US jobs report reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve would refrain from cutting interest rates at its December meeting.
During Friday's trading, December gold futures fell 0.5%, or $19.70, to $4,040.30 an ounce.
Spot gold also declined, dropping 0.85% to $4,043.15 an ounce, while silver fell more than 3% to $49.02 an ounce.
Meanwhile, the dollar index, which measures the performance of the US currency against a basket of six major currencies, edged down 0.1% to 100.04 at 11:39 AM Mecca time.
Silver futures for December delivery fell 2.75% to $49.56 an ounce, while spot prices for platinum and palladium both declined, losing about 0.45% to $1,511.84 and 0.6%, respectively, to $1,372.59.
According to FedWatch, expectations for a 25-basis-point interest rate cut at the Federal Reserve's December meeting dropped to 35.4% from 98.1% a month earlier, while expectations for no-deal Brexit rose to 64.6% from 1.7%.
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