Gold Futures End Four-Day Slide, Up 0.5% as Dollar Weakens

Gold ends a four-day slide, rising 0.5% to $4,286.20 as the dollar eases from a winning streak. Silver gains 1.2% to $64.245. Bitcoin slips 0.4% to $83,977 despite six consecutive days of ETF inflows totalling $2.8 billion; the pace of inflows slowed over the past three sessions. The 10-year Treasury yield falls to 5.179% from a 19-year high of 5.224% hit Thursday. Attention turns to September payrolls next week: JPMorgan says a strong reading could justify an October rate hike, while Barclays expects the Fed to hold at its October meeting. WTI oil eases on reports of U.S.-Iran talks over the Strait of Hormuz.