• Gold prices extended losses into a third session on Friday as the dollar strengthened against the yen on hopes of easing tensions between the United States and North Korea and ahead of U.S. non-farm payroll data later in the day.
Spot gold was down 0.3 percent at $1,317.21 per ounce at 0154 GMT.
U.S. gold futures were down 0.3 percent at $1,318.1.
• The dollar index, which measures the greenbackagainst a basket of major currencies, was up percent at 0.1 90.298.
• President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was prepared to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for the first U.S.-North Korea summit, marking a potentially dramatic breakthrough in nuclear tensions with Pyongyang.
Ministers from the United States, Canada and Mexico meet on Monday to wrap up the latest round of NAFTA talks.
• The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefitsrebounded last week from a more than year low, but the trend continued to point to robust labour market conditions. 48-
• Later on Friday, market participants will turn theirattention to U.S. jobs data.
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