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PRECIOUS-Gold eases on renewed U.S.-China trade optimism

Published 2019-10-09, 08:15 a/m
PRECIOUS-Gold eases on renewed U.S.-China trade optimism
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* Minutes from U.S. Fed's September meeting due at 1800 GMT

* U.S.-China trade talks set for Oct. 10-11 in Washington (Updates prices, adds comments and details)

By Sumita Layek

Oct 9 (Reuters) - Gold edged lower on Wednesday ahead of minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve's September meeting, with risk sentiment boosted by a report China was still open to agreeing a partial trade deal with the United States.

Spot gold XAU= eased 0.2% to $1,501.91 per ounce by 1150 GMT, holding above the key $1,500 level after rising as much as 1% in the previous session. U.S. gold futures GCcv1 were up 0.2% to $1,507.20 per ounce.

A Bloomberg report on Wednesday said China was still open to agreeing a partial trade deal with the United States, citing an official with direct knowledge of the talks. stocks moved sharply higher on the news. .EU

"All of a sudden there is renewed optimism regarding a partial (trade) agreement because of a report that said China seems to still be willing despite all these stumbling blocks laid out by the U.S. this week," Commerzbank (DE:CBKG) analyst Carsten Fritsch said.

Ahead of high-level trade talks on Thursday, the U.S. on Tuesday imposed visa restrictions on Chinese officials for the detention or abuse of Muslim minorities. U.S. President Donald Trump has said tariffs on Chinese imports will rise on Oct. 15 if no progress is made in the negotiations. participants are uncertain if a breakthrough can be achieved between Washington and Beijing in the long drawn out trade dispute that has rattled financial markets.

"The initiatives to block U.S. investors from investing into Chinese companies or limiting Chinese companies in the U.S. markets, all that is signalling that there is no clear line whether the U.S. wants a trade agreement with China," said Quantitative Commodity Research analyst Peter Fertig.

Investors are now waiting for the U.S. Federal Open Market Committee's minutes from its September meeting at 1800 GMT for clues on further monetary policy easing.

Also on the radar were developments concerning Britain's exit from the European Union, with EU officials denying that Brussels was preparing a major concession to Britain to secure an Brexit deal. analysts said that investor interest in gold remained high, as seen from continuous inflows into ETFs.

"Although the $1,500 mark has exerted a considerable pull on gold in recent weeks, and although gold has found it difficult to detach itself from this threshold, we believe that the price is well-supported."

Elsewhere, silver XAG= rose 0.4% to $17.78 an ounce, while platinum XPT= fell 0.5% to $885.01. Palladium XPD= eased 0.1% to $1,674.80 an ounce.

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