Oct 15 (Reuters) - Gold prices fell on Thursday, weighed by a steady dollar and fading chances of a new U.S. fiscal stimulus package being finalised before the November elections.
FUNDAMENTALS
* Spot gold XAU= fell 0.4% to $1,893.17 per ounce by 0108 GMT.
* U.S. gold futures GCv1 were steady at $1,896.60.
* The dollar index .DXY drew support from rising coronavirus cases and scant progress towards the U.S. stimulus deal. USD/
* U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said he and House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi were "far apart" on another coronavirus economic relief package, and that a deal would be hard to reach before the Nov. 3 elections. With surging cases, European nations are closing schools, cancelling surgeries and enlisting student medics as overwhelmed authorities face the nightmare scenario of a COVID-19 resurgence at the onset of winter. The European Union and Britain are set to prolong Brexit talks past a mid-October deadline to try bridge stubborn gaps holding up a new trade agreement, according to sources and documents. The world's mines will produce 3,368 tonnes of gold this year, down 4.6% from 2019 and the lowest in 5 years, but high bullion prices will help to push up output by 8.8% to a record 3,664 tonnes in 2021, consultancy Metals Focus said on Wednesday. Silver XAG= fell 1% to $24.05 per ounce, platinum XPT= eased 0.3% to $854.59 per ounce, and palladium XPD= was down 0.1% at $2,342.83.
DATA/EVENTS (GMT)
0130 China
PPI, CPI YY
Sept
0645 France
CPI (EU Norm) Final MM, YY
Sept
1000 EU
Reserve Assets Total
Sept
1230 US
Inital Jobless Clm
Weekly
1230 US
Philly Fed Business Indx
Oct
1600 Participation by ECB President Christine Lagarde in
the online CNBC Debate on the global economy during the IMF/
World Bank Annual Meetings