Gold was little changed around $890 per ounce on Thursday, torn between weakening stock markets and a lack of strong physical buying. Bullion earlier got a boost when Asian stocks pared gains as investors' cash in profits after China posted its slowest quarterly growth ever.
The world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, the SPDR Gold Trust, said its holdings as of April 15 remained unchanged at a record 1,127.68 tonnes, a level first reached on April 9.