LONDON: Gold eased as shares rose after US data showed its private sector added more jobs than expected in May, and prospects increased of a debt deal for Greece.

Spot gold slipped 0.3 percent to $1,190.40 an ounce by 1446 GMT, while US gold futures for August delivery fell $4.60 to $1,189.70 an ounce.

Spot platinum was down 0.2 percent at $1,106.50 an ounce. It was still trading at the cheapest to gold since January 2013, with a $90 an ounce discount to the yellow metal.

Silver fell 1.1 percent to $16.58 an ounce, having earlier hit a three-week low of $16.46, while palladium lost 0.5 percent to $7621.97 an ounce.

Gold had risen 0.4 percent in the previous session, only partly benefiting from a 1.5 percent fall in the dollar and weak US factory data, which would typically trigger flight-to-safety bids.

Higher European bond yields capped the upside for gold, analysts said.