PRECIOUS-Gold barely moved after volatile trade

SINGAPORE, March 26 (Reuters) - Gold held near New York
levels on Friday, with firm stock markets likely to help it
resist selling pressure from a tumbling euro and weak oil.

FUNDAMENTALS

* Spot gold XAU= was at $1,090.00 an ounce by 0032 GMT,
barely moved from New York's notional close on Thursday.

* Gold slid briefly with the euro in the previous session
on comments by the European Central Bank chief about a
potential bailout of Greece but then drew support from
relatively firm equities and oil markets.

* U.S. gold futures for April delivery GCJ0 fell $2.4 to
$1,090.5 an ounce.

* The world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund,
SPDR Gold Trust (GLD), said its holdings stood at 1,124.647
tonnes as of March 25, up 4.568 tonnes from the previous
business day. [GOL/SPDR]

MARKET NEWS

* Japan's Nikkei average rose 0.7 percent and hit a
two-month high on Friday, with exporters such as Sony Corp
(6758.T) gaining on a weaker yen after the dollar rose to its
highest in over two months. [.T]

* U.S. crude futures extended declines to a third day on
Friday in line with the euro's decline against the dollar after
Euro zone leaders agreed to create a joint financial safety net
with the IMF to help debt-ridden Greece. [O/R]

* The euro fell to a 10-month low against the dollar on
Thursday after a European draft agreement on aid for
debt-stricken Greece showed that the euro zone and the
International Monetary Fund will share the load. [USD/]

* Agricultural markets fell sharply on Thursday, pushing
commodities broadly lower for a sixth straight session after a
weak demand outlook for crops and a strong dollar kept buyers
away. [COM/WRAP]

DATA EVENTS

* The following data is expected on Friday ECON

- European summit concludes

- U.S. GDP final estimate for Q4 (1230 GMT)

- U.S. corporate profits for Q4 (1230 GMT)

- Reuters/Univ of Mich final March consumer sentiment (1355
GMT)

- U.S. ECRI weekly (1430
GMT)

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Precious metals prices at 0032 GMT
Metal Last Change Pct chg YTD pct chg
Turnover
Spot Gold 1090.00 -0.35 -0.03 -0.52
Spot Silver 16.57 0.01 +0.06 -1.54
Spot Platinum 1593.50 -3.50 -0.22 8.62
Spot Palladium 446.75 -3.75 -0.83 10.17
TOCOM Gold 3250.00 19.00 +0.59 -0.28
22987
TOCOM Platinum 4717.00 73.00 +1.57 7.67
8766
TOCOM Silver 49.70 -0.10 -0.20 -3.87
133
TOCOM Palladium 1325.00 20.00 +1.53 13.73
127
Euro/Dollar 1.3312
Dollar/Yen 92.46
TOCOM prices in yen per gram. Spot prices in $ per ounce.
(Reporting by Lewa Pardomuan; Editing by Himani Sarkar)