(Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are sharply higher late Friday in North American trade, as Thursday’s weaker-than-expected U.S. employment report continued to pressure the dollar and support precious metals into a thin holiday-weekend tape. At the time of writing, spot gold was trading near $4,174.10 an ounce, up 1.27%, while spot silver was trading near $62.270, up 2.36% on the session.Gold’s session range was $4,120.50 to $4,196.10, leaving the metal below the $4,200 resistance