Gold held below $1,300 an ounce before U.S.
economic data that may provide clues on the outlook for monetary
stimulus. Holdings in the largest exchange-traded product shrank to the
lowest level since December 2008.
Bullion for immediate delivery traded at $1,294.63
an ounce at 2:20 p.m. in Singapore from $1,294.37 yesterday, according
to Bloomberg generic pricing. Assets in the SPDR Gold Trust dropped to
780.19 metric tons yesterday, the lowest since December 2008.
Gold for June delivery was little changed at
$1,294.70 an ounce on the Comex in New York. Global gold demand fell to
1,074.5 tons in the first quarter from 1,077.2 tons a year earlier as
jewelry purchases countered slides in investment and central-bank
buying, the World Gold Council said yesterday.
Silver for immediate delivery traded at $19.449 an
ounce from $19.4218 yesterday. Platinum rose 0.3 percent to $1,472.69 an
ounce. Palladium increased 0.3 percent to $827.83 an ounce after prices
yesterday reached $829.30, the highest level since August 2011.
Source : Bloomberg
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