MANILA, July 23 (Reuters) - Gold hovered close to its
weakest level since March 2010 early on Thursday, with no
convincing recovery in sight after an early-week rout only
spurred sellers to cut their exposure.
Holdings in the world's biggest gold-backed exchange-traded
fund, SPDR Gold Shares GLD , fell further on Wednesday to the
lowest level since 2008.
FUNDAMENTALS
* Spot gold XAU= was little changed at $1,094.33 an ounce
by 0033 GMT, after sliding more than 1 percent to $1,086.89 on
Wednesday.
* Gold's rout deepened after tumbling as much as 4 percent
on Monday in a sell-off exacerbated by big trading volumes on
the Shanghai Gold Exchange after investors dumped more than $500
million of bullion in New York in four seconds during early
Asian trading hours.
* U.S. gold for August delivery GCcv1 was up 0.2 percent
at $1,093.10 an ounce, after a 10-session decline.
* Holdings of SPDR Gold Trust dropped to 22,097,657.77
ounces on Wednesday, the lowest since August 2008, as outflows
continued from last week. GOL/ETF
* U.S. home resales rose in June to their highest level in
nearly 8-1/2 years, a sign of pent-up demand that should buoy
the housing market recovery and likely keep the Federal Reserve
on track to raise interest rates later this year, denting gold's
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* Palladium investors are keeping record bets on a further
slump in the market as broad-based weakness plagues the precious
metals complex, but some analysts say the metal's slide to 3
1/2-year lows is overwrought and a supply deficit will help the
metal reclaim lost territory. ID:nL3N1001RT
* Gold miner Newmont Mining Corp NEM.N reported higher
second-quarter adjusted earnings, in line with analyst
expectations, as lower oil prices and favourable exchange rates
offset weaker metal prices. ID:nL1N1022PC
* In Greece, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras sought to contain
a rebellion in his left-wing Syriza party ahead of a vote on a
second package of reforms required to start talks on a rescue
deal. ID:nL5N1020XQ
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MARKET NEWS
* The dollar crawled off one-week lows against the yen while
the New Zealand dollar rallied after the central bank there made
a smaller cut to interest rates than some had expected. USD/
* Asian shares slipped after disappointing earnings from
tech giants weighed on Wall Street. MKTS/GLOB
DATA AHEAD (GMT)
1230 U.S. Weekly jobless claims
1230 U.S. National activity index June
1400 Euro zone Flash consumer confidence July
1400 U.S. Leading index June