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09 February 2009 at 10:35 IST
Gold eases on profit taking
Commodity Online
SINGAPORE :
Gold prices edged down in early Asian trade Monday as investors took profits from earlier gains ahead of a massive US economic stimulus package
The bullion fell $7.1 or 0.9% to $904.60 an ounce, off the $930.40 peak touched on Jan. 30, the highest since mid-October.
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Analysts said investors would be looking not only at the details of the final package but also at how Obama handles the situation as the United States responds to its worst financial crisis in 70 years.
World’s largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, the SPDR
Gold Trust, which said its holdings as of Feb.8 remained at a record high 867.19 tones.
The speculative net long position in gold rose to 155,306 contracts during the week to Feb. 3 from 141,114 contracts during the week to Jan. 27, data released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission showed.
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