MANILA, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Gold edged higher on Tuesday as the dollar weakened, but expectations the Federal Reserve could go ahead with an interest rate increase this month kept gains in check.
FUNDAMENTALS
* Spot gold XAU= was up 0.4 percent at $1,138.41 an ounce by 0046 GMT, after an uneventful session on Monday. Bullion ended August 3.5-percent higher as worries over China's slowing economy sparked safe-haven bids that proved fleeting as the metal has come off a seven-week top.
* There will be more indications on how China's economy fared last month when the government releases gauges for the manufacturing and services sectors this morning.
* U.S. gold for December delivery GCcv1 rose half a percent to $1,138.30 an ounce.
* Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer last week did not rule out the possibility of a rate hike in September even as the world's financial markets have been through wild swings in recent weeks.
* U.S. Mint sales of American Eagle gold coins fell 40 percent in August from July's highest level in more than two years as concern about a slowing Chinese economy lifted bullion prices above a 5-1/2-year low. ID:nL1N116241
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MARKET NEWS
* U.S. stock futures ESc1 fell more than 1 percent in early Asian trade as investors worried a potential rate hike by the Fed later this month could rock the global economy already facing pressure from a slowdown in China.
DATA AHEAD (GMT)
0100 China
Official manufacturing PMI
Aug
0100 China
Official non-manufacturing PMI
Aug
0145 China
Caixin manufacturing PMI final
Aug
0145 China
Caixin services PMI
Aug
0755 Germany
Markit/BME manufacturing PMI
Aug
0755 Germany
Unemployment rate
Aug
0800 Euro zone
Markit manufacturing PMI final
Aug
0900 Euro zone
Unemployment rate
Aug
1400 U.S.
Construction spending
July
1400 U.S.
ISM manufacturing PMI
Aug