BENGALURU, June 28 (Reuters) - Gold held near its highest in
over two years early on Tuesday, buoyed by safe-haven demand
after global stock markets plummeted in the wake of Britain's
decision to exit the European Union.
FUNDAMENTALS
* Spot gold XAU= was nearly flat at $1,324.60 an ounce by
0055 GMT. It rose 0.7 percent on Monday.
* U.S. gold GCcv1 was up 0.2 percent at $1,327.90.
* Bullion rallied 8 percent to $1,358.20 at one stage on
Friday, the highest price since March 2014, and ended up 4.8
percent, its biggest one-day gain since January 2009 as the
British vote sparked sales of riskier assets. Gold is often
perceived as a hedge against economic and financial risk.
* Britain's vote last Thursday to leave the EU continued to
reverberate through financial markets on Monday, with the pound
falling to its lowest level in 31 years, despite government
attempts to relieve some of the confusion about the political
and economic outlook.
* Global equities took another step down in Asia on Tuesday,
with regional markets sliding. MKTS/GLOB USD/
* Holdings in SPDR Gold Trust GLD , the world's largest
gold-backed exchange-traded fund, rose 1.40 percent to 947.38
tonnes on Monday, the highest since July 2013. GOL/ETF
* Spot gold XAU= may rise into a range of $1,483-$1,527
per ounce over the next three months, as suggested by a
Fibonacci retracement analysis and its wave pattern, according
to Reuters technical analyst Wang Tao.
* Retail gold investors are booking profit on metal bought
to hedge against Thursday's decision by British voters to leave
the European Union, while an initial surge in buying slackened
off on Monday.
* Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller's Duquesne
Family Office LLC was long gold futures ahead of last week's
vote in Britain to leave the European Union, a source familiar
with the matter said on Monday.
* Russia plans to tender the Sukhoi Log gold deposit this
year, which may happen at the end of summer-beginning of autumn,
Russian Natural Resources Minister Sergei Donskoi told reporters
on Monday.
* Top consumer China's gold imports in May via main conduit
Hong Kong rose to the highest level since December, surging 68
percent from the previous month, data showed on Monday.
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TOP/MTL or GOL
DATA AHEAD (GMT)
0600 Germany import prices May
0645 France consumer confidence Jun
1230 U.S. GDP final Q1
1300 U.S. S&P/Case-Shiller housing index Apr
1400 U.S. consumer confidence Jun