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"Gold was little changed onWednesday, hovering near its weakest in a month as talks betweenthe White House and Congress to avoid year-end tax hikes andspending cuts showed little progress and kept investors at bay.           FUNDAMENTALS    * Gold was quoted at $1,696.15 an ounce by 0013 GMT,after falling to $1,690.64 on Tuesday, its weakest since Nov. 6,on heavy fund liquidation and options-related selling.     * U.S. gold futures for February added $2.10 anounce to $1,697.90.           * President Barack Obama held his ground on the &amp;quot;fiscalcliff&amp;quot; on Tuesday, insisting on higher tax rates for thewealthiest Americans, while Republicans showed increasingdisarray over how far they should go to compromise with Obama'sdemands.      * For the top stories on metals and other news, click, or         MARKET NEWS    * The euro hovered at seven-week highs against the greenbackon Wednesday but struggled against the Australian dollar, whichgained broadly as investors brushed aside a cut in interestrates to focus on its still relatively high yield.     * Japan's Nikkei share average extended the previoussession's losses on Wednesday as investor sentiment soured afterWall Street eased on concerns over the U.S. budget tangle.         DATA/EVENTS (GMT)    0030 Australia GDP     0858 Euro zone Markit Services PMI Nov     1000 Euro zone Retail sales Oct     1315 U.S. ADP employment report Nov     1500 U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI Nov     1500 U.S. Durable goods orders Oct     1500 U.S. Factory orders Oct             PRICES      Precious metals prices 0013 GMT  Metal             Last    Change  Pct chg  YTD pct chg    Volume  Spot Gold        1696.15   -0.59   -0.03      8.46  Spot Silver        32.89   -0.02   -0.06     18.78  Spot Platinum    1578.75   -0.35   -0.02     13.33  Spot Palladium    676.49   -1.21   -0.18      3.68  COMEX GOLD FEB3  1697.90    2.10   +0.12      8.37         1696  COMEX SILVER MAR3  32.97    0.16   +0.49     18.11          444  Euro/Dollar       1.3104  Dollar/Yen         81.84   COMEX gold and silver contracts show the most active months          (Reporting by Lewa Pardomuan; Editing by Ed Davies)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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