Gold Hold Near $1100

Gold Hold Near $1100Gold Silver Reports ~ Gold just below $1,100 an ounce early on Monday, with investors eyeing whether equities will come under renewed pressure and refresh safehaven demand for bullion.

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FUNDAMENTALS

# Spot gold was little changed at $1,098.41 an ounce by 0044 GMT, after gaining around 0.9 percent last week.

# The precious metal had benefitted from investor aversion towards riskyassets that has hit global stocks and crude oil. It peaked at $1,109.20 last week, its loftiest since Jan. 8.

# U.S. gold for Feb delivery gained 0.2 percent to $1,098.50 an ounce.

# Hedge funds and money managers increased their bullish bets in COMEX gold in the week to Jan. 19, and also boosted their bullish bets in silver to the highest in more than two months, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data showed on Friday.

# SPDR Gold Trust, the world’s largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, said its holdings rose to 664.17 tonnes on Friday from 662.09 tonnes on Thursday.

# U.S. home resales rebounded strongly in Dec from a 19-month low and rates surged, indicating the housing market recovery remained intact despite signs of a sharp deceleration in economic growth in recent months.

MARKET NEWS

# Asian stocks edged higher, with investors relieved after seeing Wall Street rally on Friday on the back of a sharp rise in crude oil prices.

# The dollar weakened but remained well off recent lows as marketsstarted the week on a calmer note, and investors turned their attention to upcoming central bank meetings. ~ Neal Bhai Reports

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Neal Bhai has been involved in the Bullion and Metals markets since 1998 – he has experience in many areas of the market from researching to trading and has worked in Delhi, India. Mobile No. - 9899900589 and 9582247600

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