(Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold prices are slightly higher and spot silver prices are weaker ahead of the North American market open Friday, as traders weighed this week’s softer inflation data against resilient U.S. economic readings, firm Treasury yields and renewed Strait of Hormuz risk.

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