Gold price today, July 3 -- Gold rates inched up in the domestic futures market Thursday morning, supported by prevailing uncertainty over the US-India trade deal and an uptick in demand from spot markets. However, caution ahead of US payroll data capped gains for the yellow metal.

MCX Gold August 5 contracts traded 0.06 per cent up at Rs.97,452 per 10 grams around 9:05 AM.

Despite US President Donald Trump's announcement on July 1 (local time) that a trade deal between the US and India, with fewer tariffs, would be finalised soon, there is no further clarity about the final shape of the deal.

While both countries remain actively engaged in negotiations as the July 9 deadline approaches, media reports suggest disagreements over US dair...