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TOKYO, Nov 13 Gold steadied above $1,100 per ounce on Friday after it retreated from a record high the previous day on a rise in the dollar.
FUNDAMENTALS
* Spot gold XAU= was at $1,102.45 per ounce at 0016 GMT, down 0.1 percent from New York's notional close of $1,103.60. It touched a life-time high of $1,122.85 per ounce on Thursday.
* U.S. gold futures for December delivery GCZ9 was at $1,102.2 per ounce, down 0.4 percent. It rose to a record high of $1,123.4 on Thursday.
* The world's largest silver-backed exchange-traded fund, the
iShares Silver Trust (SLV), said its bullion holdings rose 183.37
tonnes, or 2.1 percent, from the previous day to a record
8,923.52 tonnes as of Nov. 12. [ID:nT75774]
* The world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, SPDR
Gold Trust (GLD), said its holdings stood at 1,114.443 tonnes as
of Nov. 12, unchanged from the previous day. [GOL/SPDR]
MARKET NEWS
* The U.S. dollar clung to gains in Asia on Friday after another sporadic bout of profit-taking in riskier trades that has characterised the currency's eight-month bear trend. [USD/]
* The Dow industrials six-day winning streak came to a halt on Thursday as a drop in oil prices pulled energy stocks lower and a guarded outlook from Wal-Mart fanned worries about consumer spending. [.N]
DATA EVENTS
* The following data is expected on Friday: ECON
- Germany flash 3Q GDP (0700 GMT)
- France 3Q gross domestic product (0750 GMT)
- Swiss Oct combined producer price inflation (0815 GMT)
- Italy 3Q gross domestic product (0900 GMT)
- Euro zone flash 3Q gross domestic product (1000 GMT)
- U.S. import/export prices for Oct (1330 GMT)
- U.S. international trade for Sept (1330 GMT)
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PRICES Precious metals prices at 0011T GMT Metal Last Change Pct chg Day ago pct MA 30 RSI Spot gold $1103.25 -$0.35 -0.03% +22.99% $860.10 66 Spot silver $17.25 $0.04 +0.23% +43.99% $11.29 51 Spot plat $1354.00 $3.50 +0.26% -1.02% $1345.32 52 TOCOM gold 3,212 -35 -1.08% +0.12% 3,112 62 TOCOM plat 3,940 -46 -1.15% +0.38% 3,927 52 Euro/dlr $1.486 $0.002 +0.13% -0.79% Dlr/yen 90.26 -0.13 -0.14% +0.49% TOCOM prices in yen per gram, except TOCOM silver which is priced in yen per 10 grams. Spot prices in $ per ounce. (Reporting by Miho Yoshikawa)
