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PRECIOUS-Gold rebounds as economic worries linger after Brexit vote

Published 29/06/2016, 04:48 pm
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* Gold's premium to platinum jumps to record

* Silver hovers near Friday's 1-1/2-year high (Updates prices)

By Vijaykumar Vedala

BENGALURU, June 29 (Reuters) - Gold rebounded on Wednesday from its losses in the previous session on investor demands for safety as uncertainty due to Brexit vote continued to pressure financial markets.

Bullion fell 0.9 percent on Tuesday as investors booked profits after a Brexit-driven rally that pushed prices up to their highest since March 2014. Gold, which hit a high of $1,358.20 on Friday, has risen 24 percent so far this year.

Spot gold XAU= rose 0.6 percent to $1,319.75 an ounce by 0632 GMT, up for a third session in four.

U.S. gold GCcv1 was up 0.4 percent at $1,323.50

"Despite Tuesday's impressive bounce in global equity markets (leading to gold's modest retracement), we are not sure whether these patterns will stay in place over the rest of the week and would not be surprised to see more weakness in equities going into Wednesday's session," said INTL FCStone analyst Edward Meir.

"As a result, gold could recover the ground it lost on Tuesday, with geo-political headlines outside Europe possibly providing an additional element of support."

Spot gold was at its highest relative to platinum XPT= on record this week as institutional and retail investors have piled into bullion following the shock referendum verdict. Shu, chief analyst at Shandong Gold Group, said gold could trade between $1,400 to $1,450 an ounce in the next 2-3 weeks provided Brexit is not seen as a long-term threat to global economic development.

"If Brexit is seen severely impacting the market, central banks will step in to calm the markets, which would not be good for gold," he added.

European leaders have asked Britain to act quickly to resolve the political and economic confusion unleashed by its vote to exit the European Union, after the IMF said the uncertainty could pressure global economic growth. vote to leave the bloc could pose a new drag on the U.S. economy at a time when momentum in the U.S. job market may already by slowing, Federal Reserve governor Jerome Powell said on Tuesday. shares were swept up in a global relief rally on Wednesday, while a semblance of stability helped the pound and the euro hover above their post-Brexit lows, though the battered European currencies remain hampered by longer term uncertainty. MKTS/GLOB USD/

Among other precious metals, spot silver XAG= gained 2.5 percent to $18.20 per ounce and tread close to Friday's one-and-half-year high of $18.31.

Platinum XPT= climbed 1.1 pct to $984.99 an ounce and palladium XPD= rose 0.6 pct to $571.47.

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