GDXU is trading at $108.00, up 5.74%, as weaker-than-forecast September payroll growth may ease rate pressure on gold.
- September payrolls rose 29,000, below the roughly 90,000 forecast; unemployment was 4.2%.
- Gold was modestly higher before the report, with spot at $4,186, as Treasury yields retreated from recent highs, supporting a rebound in gold-miner shares after GDXU’s steep recent declines.
- GDXU is a leveraged gold-miner ETF, so sector moves can be amplified; no volume or trading-activity data was provided.