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Gold rose on Thursday as weak data from the United States rekindled fears of an economic slowdown and as concerns surfaced over possible risks to a new Brexit deal, while supply-squeezed palladium continued its record run. Spot gold was up 0.4% at $1,495.31 per ounce as of 01:58 p.m. EDT (1758 GMT). US gold futures settled 0.3% higher at $1,498.30 an ounce.

"Geo-political tensions are ratcheting back up again, the US Federal Reserve will likely continue their pace on cutting rates, which will be supportive for gold," said Phillip Streible, senior commodities strategist at RJO Futures. Lifting gold's safe-haven appeal, weak retail sales data and industrial output report out of the United States fanned fears about the health of the world's biggest economy, amid the prolonged Sino-US trade dispute.

Also providing further support to the bullion, the dollar slipped to an more than one-month low. Earlier in the day, gold denominated in sterling slid as much as 1.6% to its lowest since July 26 at 1,141.86 pounds an ounce after Britain and the European Union agreed to a new Brexit deal. Prices are now up about 0.1% at 1,161.63 pounds an ounce.

"There were some fears regarding the Brexit deal if it couldn't pass through, which creates lot of uncertainty between the European Union and UK. That's why gold futures had a little bit of bounce up," Streible added. On the technical front, "gold now needs to break resistance around $1,498-$1,500 area in order to brighten the short-term outlook, while a rally outside of the bull channel would be a more decisive signal for the bulls," Fawad Razaqzada, market analyst with Forex.com, said in a note.

Among other precious metals, palladium fell 0.4% to $1,760.14 an ounce, after hitting an all-time high of $1,783.21 earlier in the session. Platinum gained 0.7% to $888.86 per ounce and silver climbed 1.2% higher to $17.60.

Copyright Reuters, 2019

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