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Dollar stays muted ahead of US jobs report, EUR/USD holds near 1.15

EUR/USD is flat at 1.1528 while USD/JPY slips 0.1% to 158.30 as traders wait for the July jobs report later.

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Forexlive said trading was quieter ahead of the US jobs report for July, with investors holding back for potential catalysts later in the day.

Gold continued to rise, but the dollar stayed rangebound versus major peers, leaving EUR/USD flat at 1.1528 and USD/JPY down 0.1% to 158.30.

In parallel, oil gave back some earlier gains, with WTI crude down 0.4% to $76.93, and US 10-year yields edged down 1 basis point to 4.66%.

Latest closeGold $4,292.00 ▲1.1%|WTI crude $78.07 ▲3.8%|EUR/USD 1.152 ▼0.3%

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