SMM7, 5 July: the United States released a June non-farm payrolls report on the evening of July 5, which showed that the number of new jobs far exceeded expectations for an increase of 224000, compared with an increase of 75000 and an expected 160000; the unemployment rate is likely to remain at 3.7 per cent.

The dollar index rose sharply after the data, rising 0.307% to 97.017 as of 20:34. Spot gold in London fell 0.24 per cent to $1411.53 an ounce in the short term.

Source: FX168