Gold rose 1 percent on Monday, as a drop in the dollar and sharp gains in crude oil and grains lifted bullion ahead of Tuesday's French-German meeting to discuss the euro debt crisis. The gains also preceded US regulatory filings that will show changes in gold hedge funds' positions.
Spot gold was up 0.9 percent at $1,761.24 an ounce by 3:02 pm EDT (1902 GMT). It notched a gain of nearly 5 percent last week, its biggest weekly gain since early November, while the S&P fell for a third straight week. US gold futures for December delivery settled up $15.4 an ounce at $1,758. COMEX gold futures volume was at 120,000 lots, sharply lower than last week's pace when bullion rallied to record highs.
Silver was up 1.6 percent at $39.61 an ounce. Data showed holdings of the world's largest silver-backed ETF, the iShares Silver Trust, dropped 0.7 percent to 9705.90 tonnes on Friday. Among other precious metals, platinum was little changed at $1,794.24 an ounce, while spot palladium was up 0.4 percent at $746 an ounce.
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