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Gold edged lower on Tuesday, weighed down by a stronger US dollar on the back of concerns about political uncertainty in Europe, while a buoyant stock market also drained enthusiasm for bullion. Palladium, meanwhile, recorded its third record high so far in January, boosted by increased demand from the automotive industry.
Spot gold was down 0.6 percent at $1,312.58 per ounce by 1:36 p.m. EST (1836 GMT). Prices last week touched their highest since Sept. 15 at $1,325.86. US gold futures for February delivery settled down $6.70, or 0.5 percent, at $1,313.70 per ounce.
Palladium was trading up 0.1 percent at $1,101.55 an ounce after touching a fresh record high of $1,111.40. "The dollar has bounced back, partly due to weakness in the euro," said Jonathan Butler, commodities analyst at Mitsubishi in London.
"There's also the continuing rally in the equity markets. All of that has probably helped take the wind out of gold's sails." Gold is also seeing profit-taking from its recent rally, traders said.
Global gold-backed, exchange-traded funds added 197.5 tonnes in 2017, an 8.4 percent increase, the World Gold Council said. "The gold price was clearly finding support from inflows ... into gold ETFs, meaning that inflows since the start of the year have totaled almost six tonnes," Commerzbank said in a research note.
But gold may edge lower soon, according to traders. Among other precious metals, spot silver fell 0.93 percent at $16.98 an ounce.
Platinum dropped 0.9 percent at $963.74 an ounce after hitting a 3-1/2-month peak on Monday at $973.60.

Copyright Reuters, 2018

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