SINGAPORE, April 8 (Reuters) - Gold hardly moved on Friday after striking another record in the previous session, while silver could rise to a new high after ETF holdings rose to an all-time high as inflation worries lingered.
FUNDAMENTALS
* Spot gold eased 60 cents to $1,456.85 an ounce by 0046 GMT after rising to a record around $1,464 an ounce on Thursday on inflation concerns and expectations the European Central Bank's first rate hike since the 2008 financial crisis could weaken the dollar.
* Spot silver was steady at $39.54 an ounce, within sight of a 31-year peak of $39.75 struck on Wednesday.
* IShares Silver Trust said its holdings hit another record at 11,192.80 tonnes by April 7 from 11,162.45 tonnes on April 4. [ID:nL3E7F800Y]
* The world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, SPDR Gold Trust , said its holdings rose to 1,217.209 tonnes by April 7, their highest since mid-March, from 1,205.467 tonnes on April 6.
* U.S. gold futures for June fell $1.1 to $1.458.2 an ounce.
MARKET NEWS
* The broad selloff in the yen stalled early in Asia on Friday as investors took profit on short positions following a major aftershock in northeast Japan, while comments from the European Central Bank head saw the euro retreat from 14-month highs.
* The Nikkei average slipped on Friday after a major earthquake rocked northeast Japan the night before, sending Wall Street lower, but losses were seen limited as the quake did not trigger a tsunami and there was no further damage to a crippled nuclear power plant.
* Oil prices ended at 2-1/2-year highs on Thursday as supply worries tied to fighting in Libya and Middle East turmoil overshadowed demand concerns spurred by a boost in euro zone interest rates and as a major aftershock struck Japan.
DATA EVENTS (GMT)
1130 India M3 Money Supply Final 40641 Precious metals prices 0046 GMT Metal Last Change Pct chg YTD pct chg Turnover Spot Gold 1456.85 -0.60 -0.04 2.63 Spot Silver 39.54 0.03 +0.08 28.13 Spot Platinum 1780.74 -0.36 -0.02 0.75 Spot Palladium 765.97 -9.06 -1.17 -4.19 TOCOM Gold 3995.00 1.00 +0.03 7.13 32773 TOCOM Platinum 4899.00 7.00 +0.14 4.32 7464 TOCOM Silver 108.00 0.40 +0.37 33.33 552 TOCOM Palladium 2106.00 -20.00 -0.94 0.43 274 Euro/Dollar 1.4305 Dollar/Yen 85.07 TOCOM prices in yen per gram. Spot prices in $ per ounce. (Reporting by Lewa Pardomuan; Editing by Himani Sarkar)
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