The release of Non-Farm Payroll data pushed the yellow metal price higher. Therefore, gold settled at the level of $1,179. NFP report published by the US Labor Department informed about adding 178,000 jobs for November. As the result, the unemployment rate plunged down to 4.6%, a level that has not been seen since 2006. Despite mostly positive figures in the Non-Farm Payroll for November, average hourly earnings dropped by 0.1% from October. Likewise, the annual rate of wage growth diminished as well by 0.3%.