GOLD AS DOLLAR HOLDS NEAR 2 MONTH LOWS
Gold
prices were steady early on Monday, as the dollar held close to a two-month low
hit in the previous session against a basket of major curriences.Spot gold was
nearly unchanged at US$1287.67 an ounce at 0045 GMT.US gold futures for
December delivery were flat at US$1,287.20.The dollar index / which measures
the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, was little-changed at
92.806 and hovered near a two-month low of 92.675 hit on Friday. US President
Donald Trump will meet with Senate Republicans this week to discuss their
party's efforts to pass tax reform legislation, the chairman of the Senate
Republican Policy Committee said on Friday. Market players are looking to the
Congressional hearing on Fed Chair nominee Jerome Powell on Tuesday.With the US
stock market at a record high and daily stock gyrations near multi-decade lows,
some investors have raised concerns about the lack of fear in the market, but
US equity options market data suggests investors are far from
complacent.Businesses are heading into 2018 in a pretty optimistic mood,
surveys will more than likely show in the coming week, pointing to a potential
boost for already solid growth in the world's biggest economies.The European
Union handed Prime Minister Theresa May a 10-day "absolute deadline"
to improve her Brexit divorce offer or face failure in persuading EU leaders to
open trade talks with Britain at a December summit.German business confidence
hit a record high in November, putting Europe's largest economy on track for a
boom, the Ifo economic institute said on Friday, allaying some concerns about
political instability over forming a new government.Leaders of German
Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party agreed on Sunday to pursue a "grand
coalition" with the Social Democrats (SPD) to break the political deadlock
in Europe's biggest economy.Bank of Japan board member Hitoshi Suzuki said
there is room to debate a fine-tuning of the central bank's yield curve control
(YCC) policy, the Mainichi paper reported, signaling the chance it may raise
interest rates before inflation hits its target.The buying of physical gold
remained muted across major Asian centres last week as higher prices dented
demand, though seasonal demand could boost activity in top consumer China next
month.Russia is increasing the share of gold in its state reserves to beef up
national security, Central Bank First Deputy Governor Sergei Shvetsov said on
Friday.
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