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PRECIOUS-Gold recovers on monetary stimulus expectations

Published 13/07/2016, 08:19 pm
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* Palladium marks best since November 2015

* SPDR gold posts biggest one-day outflow in 2016 (Updateas throughout, changes dateline from BENGALURU)

By Clara Denina

LONDON, July 13 (Reuters) - Gold rose on Wednesday, recovering from its lowest in nearly two weeks, as prospects for further economic stimulus helped to bolster investor appetite whil the dollar remained flat.

Accommodative monetary policies favour gold as well as equities because low interest rates encourage investors to opt for assets that do not rely on interest yields.

Spot gold XAU= was up 0.5 percent at $1,338.55 an ounce by 0957 GMT, having earlier touched $1,327.30, its lowest since July 1. Bullion had fallen by 1.7 percent on Tuesday, its biggest one-day drop since May 24.

U.S. gold GCcv1 rose 0.6 percent to $1,341.60.

"Gold prices can continue to benefit from an uncertain economic picture for the UK and Europe after the Brexit vote and also from any quantitative easing, which also means low interest rates," Natixis analyst Bernard Dahdah said.

Gold has gained about $100 an ounce since Britain voted to leave the European Union, with worried investors piling their cash into safe-haven assets.

Asian and European shares came within reach of testing their 2016 peak on Wednesday, also bolstered by prospects of economic stimulus. MKTS/GLOB

The dollar, in which gold is priced, was unchanged against a basket of six currencies.

After five weeks of gains, gold has come under some pressure following strong U.S. non-farm payrolls data on Friday.

But despite better than expected jobs data, the Federal Reserve should be in no rush to raise interest rates, two senior Fed officials said. price of $1,330 could be a very good entry point for people who have been bullish but hesitant of chasing prices, said Mark To, head of research at Hong Kong's Wing Fung Financial Group.

Holdings of SPDR Gold Trust GLD , the world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, fell 1.63 percent to 965.22 tonnes on Tuesday, its biggest one-day decline since Dec. 2. GOL/

Among other precious metals, palladium XPD= touched an eight-month high of $644 an ounce.

Platinum XPT= , which fell for the first time in two weeks in the previous session, rebounded 0.2 percent to $1,088.20.

Silver XAG= , meanwhile, gained 1.1 percent to $20.33. (Additional reporting By Nallur Sethuraman and Vijaykumar Vedala in Bengaluru; Editing by David Goodman)

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