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FTMO, one of the world's largest prop firms, has announced the hiring of 300 employees. Roughly half of the vacancies are at OANDA, a broker that is part of the company's structure.
The US Department of Labor published the JOLTS report for September - the number of job openings in the labor market. The actual figure came in almost 400 thousand above the forecast, and the previous value was revised upward.
The exchange published a report on the October 29 hack. It all began when a Binance engineer was looking for a new job and downloaded a "test assignment" from a fake employer onto his work computer. The FBI attributed the $6.4 billion theft to the North Korean group TraderTraitor.
On Monday, November 2, spot gold is trading around $3,906.39 per ounce - up $30.55 (+0.79%) from Friday's close of $3,875.84. The rebound follows Friday's plunge of nearly 3.5% to a one-year low. Reuters recorded $3,900.05 (+0.6%) at the start of the Asian session.
On October 29, XAU/USD fell more than 1% - from the day's high of $4,069 to $4,019. Strong US economic data interrupted gold's three-day winning streak and reinforced the market's bet that the Fed will raise rates in December.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that unemployment fell to 4.7% in the three months to August, versus 4.9% in the previous quarter. This is the lowest in more than a year, and the market had expected the previous level to be maintained.
