By Myra P. Saefong
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures climbed Wednesday, finding support after Automatic Data Processing Inc. ADP -0.20% reported that U.S. companies added 38,000 jobs last month, far below the 175,000 expected by analysts. August gold GCQ11 +0.07% climbed $1, or 0.1%, to $1,537.80 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. July silver SIN11 -0.72% fell 35 cents, or 0.9%, to $37.96 an ounce, pulling back after posting gains over the past two sessions.