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(Bloomberg) — Gold is heading for the first weekly advance since October after disappointment over the European Central Bank’s stimulus decision spurred a rout in global equities and the biggest jump in the euro since 2009. Investors awaited the U.S. November jobs report Friday for clues on the timing of an interest-rate increase.

Bullion for immediate delivery climbed as much as 0.3 percent to $1,065.12 an ounce, extending a 0.8 percent increase a day earlier, and traded at $1,062.86 by 9:30 a.m. in Singapore, according to Bloomberg generic pricing. The metal is up 0.5 percent this week after rebounding from $1,046.44 on Thursday, the lowest since February 2010.

Disillusionment with the ECB decision, which involved a rate cut and an extension in asset purchases, caught the attention of Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, who said in an address to Congress that “the market expected some actions that were not forthcoming.” The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index fell 1.4 percent Thursday, boosting demand for alternative assets. Payrolls are the most watched piece of data before U.S. policy makers meet on interest rates Dec. 15-16.

To contact the reporter on this story: Ranjeetha Pakiam in Singapore at rpakiam@bloomberg.net To contact the editors responsible for this story: Jason Rogers at jrogers73@bloomberg.net James Poole, Jake Lloyd-Smith