Gold futures trade higher on Thursday and head for a fifth straight session gain, as the prospect of protracted period of accommodative central bank policy has emboldened bullion bulls.
Oil futures lost ground Thursday, putting the U.S. benchmark on track to end an eight-day winning streak as the global benchmark threatened to end a nine-day run of gains.
U.S. Treasury yields slipped early Thursday as investors noted remarks from senior Federal Reserve officials comments that they would do everything to support the economy through the pandemic, pushing back the timetable for a tapering of asset purcha...