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PRECIOUS-Gold holds near $1,170; Greece, dollar eyed for cues

Published 07/07/2015, 11:05 am
PRECIOUS-Gold holds near $1,170; Greece, dollar eyed for cues
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SINGAPORE, July 7 (Reuters) - Gold was hovering near $1,170 an ounce on Tuesday, clinging to small overnight safe-haven gains from the Greek debt crisis, though a strong dollar kept gains in check.

FUNDAMENTALS

* Spot gold XAU= was little changed at $1,168.91 an ounce by 0053 GMT. The metal had risen as much as 0.6 percent on Monday in an initial rally following the results of a Greek referendum but gave up some gains to close up 0.2 percent.

* France and Germany told Greece on Monday to come up with serious proposals in order to restart financial aid talks, a day after Greeks voted overwhelmingly to reject more austerity.

* Raising the pressure on Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras before a euro zone summit on Tuesday, the European Central Bank decided to keep a tight grip on funding to Greek banks. ID:nL8N0ZM0JD

* Tsipras is expected to bring a proposal for a deal to Tuesday's summit. It was unclear how much it would differ from other proposals rejected in the past.

* Gold has failed to get much of a safe-haven boost from the Greek crisis as it has been weighed by a stronger dollar and outlook for U.S. interest rates.

* The dollar index .DXY was trading near a one-month high hit on Monday, boosted by weakness in the euro. USD/

* Hedge funds and money managers cut their bullish position in COMEX gold futures and options by more than half in the week ended June 30, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data showed on Monday. ID:nEMN10VI98

* In other industry news, South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers has rejected a wage offer from gold producers and is still pressing for pay hikes of up to around 80 percent, a union source said on Monday. ID:nL8N0ZM27U

* For the top stories on metals and other news, click TOP/MTL or GOL/

MARKET NEWS

* The euro edged slightly lower in early Asian trading on Tuesday, but remained well off lows touched in the previous session ahead of a euro zone summit that investors hope might offer a way for Greece to climb out of its debt crisis.

DATA/EVENTS IN GMT

0645 Germany Industrial Output for May

PRICES AT 0053 GMT Metal

Last

Change Pct chg

Spot gold

1168.91

-0.74

-0.06 Spot silver

15.7

-0.03

-0.19 Spot platinum

1062.74

1.24

0.12 Spot palladium

682

4.5

0.66 Comex gold

1168.6

-4.6

-0.39 Comex silver

15.675 -0.078

-0.5 Euro

1.1045

DXY

96.351

COMEX gold and silver contracts show the most active months

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