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PRECIOUS-Gold steady ahead of key cenbank meetings, U.S.-N.Korea summit

Published 2018-06-11, 03:55 a/m
Updated 2018-06-11, 03:55 a/m
© Reuters.  PRECIOUS-Gold steady ahead of key cenbank meetings, U.S.-N.Korea summit

* Silver touches 7-week high

* Platinum hits 1-week high

* SPDR holdings fall to lowest since Feb. 22

* Gold specs cut net long position in week to June 5

* Silver specs raise net long position; strongest since late April

By Karen Rodrigues

BENGALURU, June 11 (Reuters) - Gold traded steady on Monday with investors awaiting key central bank policy meetings and the United States-North Korea summit this week for direction.

Spot gold XAU= was steady at $1,297.75 per ounce at 0719 GMT, while U.S. gold futures GCcv1 for August delivery were 0.1 percent lower at $1,301.60 per ounce.

The dollar index .DXY , which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, fell 0.2 percent to 93.381. USD/

"The market opened predictably quiet ahead of the abundance of risk events this week and wholly ignored President Trump going rogue at the G7," Stephen Innes, APAC trading head at OANDA said, adding that with geopolitical risk moderating, it will be the FED and ECB that will guide gold's near-term fate.

U.S. President Donald Trump threw the G7's efforts to show a united front into disarray after taking aim at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, adding he might double down on import tariffs by hitting the sensitive auto industry. U.S. Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) starts its two-day meeting on Tuesday, where it is anticipated to raise U.S. interest rates. The European Central Bank (ECB) and Bank of Japan's policy meetings are also due this week.

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Markets are also keeping a close eye on the historic summit between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on Tuesday. is trading in a very tight range and people are waiting for the next move, a Hong Kong-based trader said.

"We have the FOMC coming up and the Trump meeting with Kim Jong Un, so the markets are just watching what's going on. If there's a better risk aversion money will fly into gold," said the trader.

Holdings of SPDR Gold Trust GLD , the world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, fell 0.46 percent to 828.76 tonnes on Friday, the lowest since February 22. GOL/ETF

Speculators cut their net long position in COMEX gold by 3,169 contracts to 58,066 contracts in the week to June 5, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data showed on Friday.

Silver dealers raised their net long position by 3,431 contracts to 4,295 contracts. This was the strongest net long position since late April, CFTC said. CFTC/

In other precious metals, silver XAG= gained 0.6 percent to $16.83 an ounce, after hitting a seven-week high of $16.93 earlier in the session.

Palladium XPD= was down 0.2 percent at $1,012.75 an ounce, while platinum XPT= rose 0.7 percent to $907.90 an ounce. It touched a one-week high of $910.50 earlier in the session.

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