 "Gold extends fall by 1% on stronger dollar, US Fed rate-hike worries")
Gold prices inched lower on Tuesday after falling more than 1% in the previous session, weighed down by an uptick in the U.S. dollar and worries over further U.S. interest rate hikes.
FUNDAMENTALS
Spot gold was down 0.1% at $1,777.46 per ounce, as of 0054 GMT, after hitting its lowest since Aug. 8 at $1,772.30 on Monday.
U.S. gold futures GCv1 eased 0.2% to $1,793.90 per ounce.
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The dollar USD= rose 0.1% to a more than one-week high against its rivals, making gold more expensive for buyers holding other currencies. USD/
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Although gold is seen as a hedge against inflation, rising U.S. interest rates dull non-yielding bullion's appeal.
Investors now await minutes from the Fed's July meeting on Wednesday for clues on further rate hikes.
Traders were pricing in around a 36.5% chance of a 75-basis-point rate hike by the Fed in September and a 63.5% chance of a 50 bps increase. FEDWATCH
SPDR Gold Trust GLD, the world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, said its holdings fell 0.2% to 993.94 tonnes on Monday from 995.97 tonnes on Friday. GOL/ETF
Spot silver XAG= slipped 0.2% to $20.21 per ounce, platinum XPT= fell 0.4% to $929.29, and palladium XPD= was steady at $2,144.52.
DATA/EVENTS (GMT)
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0600 UK Claimant Count Unem Chng July
0600 UK ILO Unemployment Rate June
0600 UK HMRC Payrolls Change July
0630 India WPI Inflation YY July
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0900 Germany ZEW Economic Sentiment Aug
0900 Germany ZEW Current Conditions Aug
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1315 US Industrial Production MM July
(Reporting by Brijesh Patel in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)
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