GOLD NEWS UPDATE 22.08.2012:- LONDON: Gold prices rose on Tuesday as the dollar hit its lowest in nearly two weeks against the euro and stock markets rallied, while platinum held near two-month highs as unrest simmered at a mine in major producer South Africa.
Platinum has been the biggest climber of the last seven days, up more than $100 an ounce week-on-week on Tuesday, after police shot dead 34 people after an outbreak of inter-union violence at a mine operated by Lonmin.
Gold prices climbed, meanwhile, in line with European shares and the euro, on optimism that meetings on Greece's future and a strategy being drawn up by the European Central Bank will lead to progress in solving the euro zone debt crisis.
Spot gold was up 0.3 percent at $1,623.86 an ounce at 0948 GMT, while U.S. gold futures for December delivery were up $3.40 at $1,626.40. It is approaching key resistance at $1,630 an ounce, which has held it in check since early June.
"Gold has got a good gentle uplift at the moment, with the backdraft of positive news on the euro," Sharps Pixley Chief Executive Ross Norman said. "We're seeing a nice gentle pick up in volumes across Europe on the physical side, (but) we've got all the heavy lifting to do between $1,630 and $1,640."
"There's quite a lot of overhead resistance on the charts, so once we've got a convincing breach of that we need to see a bit more volume as well. Over the summer, it's been particularly light. The market just seems to be drifting higher."
Greece's prime minister will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Eurogroup chief Jean-Claude Juncker this week to try and secure more funding from the European Union, International Monetary Fund and ECB.
German government bonds fell on Tuesday as markets focused on the prospect of ECB buying debt to contain Spanish borrowing costs.
Traders cited a story in British newspaper The Daily Telegraph, which said it could confirm earlier reports in German media that ECB experts were examining plans to effectively cap Spanish and Italian bond yields. (Neal Bhai 9999974733)
Platinum has been the biggest climber of the last seven days, up more than $100 an ounce week-on-week on Tuesday, after police shot dead 34 people after an outbreak of inter-union violence at a mine operated by Lonmin.
Gold prices climbed, meanwhile, in line with European shares and the euro, on optimism that meetings on Greece's future and a strategy being drawn up by the European Central Bank will lead to progress in solving the euro zone debt crisis.
Spot gold was up 0.3 percent at $1,623.86 an ounce at 0948 GMT, while U.S. gold futures for December delivery were up $3.40 at $1,626.40. It is approaching key resistance at $1,630 an ounce, which has held it in check since early June.
"Gold has got a good gentle uplift at the moment, with the backdraft of positive news on the euro," Sharps Pixley Chief Executive Ross Norman said. "We're seeing a nice gentle pick up in volumes across Europe on the physical side, (but) we've got all the heavy lifting to do between $1,630 and $1,640."
"There's quite a lot of overhead resistance on the charts, so once we've got a convincing breach of that we need to see a bit more volume as well. Over the summer, it's been particularly light. The market just seems to be drifting higher."
Greece's prime minister will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Eurogroup chief Jean-Claude Juncker this week to try and secure more funding from the European Union, International Monetary Fund and ECB.
German government bonds fell on Tuesday as markets focused on the prospect of ECB buying debt to contain Spanish borrowing costs.
Traders cited a story in British newspaper The Daily Telegraph, which said it could confirm earlier reports in German media that ECB experts were examining plans to effectively cap Spanish and Italian bond yields. (Neal Bhai 9999974733)
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