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Gold fund GLD fell 0.68% and spot silver slipped 0.12% to US$61.07 on Friday as the US 10-year Treasury yield rose to 5.28% after weak jobs data. The post Gold ETF Falls 0.7% as Silver Dips 0.1% | Precious Metals Report, Oct 2 appeared first on The Rio Times .
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Bitcoin settled at US$85,206, up 0.42%, as US payrolls rose only 29,000. For Brazil, Argentina and El Salvador, stablecoins still dominate.
Petrobras gained 3.19% and Ecopetrol 2.03% on Friday while the WTI-tracking fund USO fell 1.77% after the G7 agreed to release up to 100 million barrels.
Brazilian steel ADRs rallied on Friday, with Gerdau up 4.16% and CSN up 3.57%, while Ternium gained 2.37% under the unresolved 50% US tariff on Mexican steel.
Southern Copper rose 3.17% and Freeport-McMoRan 3.98% on Friday while copper futures stayed flat with China on holiday and Chile strike risk in view.
The LIT lithium ETF rose 1.55% to US$69.28 on Friday, 2 October, while China's lithium futures stayed closed for the National Day holiday until October 8.
Argentina's Merval rose 0.32% on Friday as country risk closed at 646 basis points, close to its 2026 high, and the peso held near ARS1,524 per dollar.