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Gold and silver slipped through key support at $4100 and $60 respectively, weighed down by a dollar holding firm at an 18-month high.

Gold and silver extended their slide as oil bounced back on lingering threats to Middle East supply.

Gold and silver remain under pressure as a firmer US dollar and climbing Treasury yields weigh on the metals. Losses have stayed limited, though, because markets have scaled back expectations of a Federal Reserve rate hike this month.

Early Fed hike fears, a firm dollar, and Treasury yields at their highest since 2002 drove the selling in the precious metals pack. Softer PCE inflation and a weak 29,000 September payroll print cut October hike odds to about 22%, but rallies above $4,200 faded. The US-Iran standoff kept oil and rate expectations elevated.

Gold and silver stayed under pressure as traders held off ahead of the key US jobs report, which should hint at the Federal Reserve's next move. Over the month, gold has lost 8.5% and silver 13.5%.

Gold and silver kept sliding and are on track to close the month down about 6% and 8%, respectively. Talk of higher interest rates is weighing on sentiment, and investors are waiting on US inflation data for hints about the Federal Reserve's next move.

Gold and silver are hovering near their weakest levels in more than seven weeks. Traders are worried the Federal Reserve will hold interest rates higher for longer, and a long list of US economic data is still to come.

Gold and silver had a punishing week, with spot gold down about 2% and spot silver down nearly 3%. The pressure came from rates, not fading safe-haven appeal: a firmer dollar, 10-year Treasury yields near 5.50% and a hot flash PMI have raised bets on another Fed hike in October.

Gold and silver slipped lower and are on track for a weekly loss, weighed down by a stronger dollar and mounting bets that the Federal Reserve will hold rates higher for longer to keep inflation in check

Gold and silver are caught in a tug-of-war right now—squeezed between growing expectations that the Fed will tighten policy further (a headwind for non-yielding metals) and softer oil prices, which are offering some cushion against deeper losses.