Gold holds near record high as Fed minutes fuel rate-cut bets
Aug 22 (Reuters) -Gold hovered near all-time highs on Thursday as minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve's latest meeting cemented expectations of a September interest rate cut, with traders now awaiting Chair Jerome Powell's speech for insights on rate outlook.
FUNDAMENTALS
* Spot gold XAU= was flat at $2,511.80 per ounce, as of 0030 GMT, trading below a record high of $2,531.60 hit on Tuesday.
* U.S. gold futures GCcv1 were also flat at $2,548.50.
* Minutes from the Fed's July 30-31 meeting showed that officials were strongly inclined toward a rate cut next month.
* Traders have fully priced in easing by the Fed at the September meeting, with a 62% chance of a 25 bps cut, according to CME FedWatch tool. A low interest rate environment tends to boost non-yielding bullion's appeal.
* The Fed minutes pave the way for the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium starting Thursday, with Fed Chair Jerome Powell set to speak on Friday.
* Additionally, the Bureau of Labor Statistics revised payrolls in the April 2023-March 2024 period to show a 0.5% reduction in jobs, equivalent to 818,000. This was at the higher-end of market estimates of up to one million fewer jobs.
* The market will now be looking for initial jobless claims data due at 1230 GMT.
* SPDR Gold Trust GLD, the world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, said its holdings fell 0.07% to 856.70 tonnes on Wednesday. GOL/ETF
* Elsewhere, Israel has not agreed to withdraw its troops from the Philadelphi corridor on the Egypt-Gaza border, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Wednesday.
* Spot silver XAG= edged 0.2% lower to $29.56 per ounce, platinum XPT= gained 0.4% to $967.25 and palladium XPD= fell 0.1% to $950.57.
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0030 Japan JibunBK Mfg PMI Flash SA August
0030 Japan JibunBK Comp Op Flash SA August
0030 Japan JibunBK SVC PMI Flash SA August
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0715 France HCOB Mfg Flash PMI August
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0730 Germany HCOB Composite Flash PMI August
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0800 EU HCOB Mfg Flash PMI August
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0830 UK Flash Composite PMI August
0830 UK Flash Manufacturing PMI August
0830 UK Flash Services PMI August
1230 US Initial Jobless Clm 17 August, w/e
1345 US S&P Global Mfg PMI Flash August
1345 US S&P Global Svcs PMI Flash August
1345 US S&P Global Comp Flash PMI August
1400 EU Consumer Confid. Flash August
1400 US Existing Home Sales July
Reporting by Daksh Grover in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips
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