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SINGAPORE, May 3 (Reuters) - Spot gold held steady on Tuesday, as investors see little change in the metal's safe-haven appeal after al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed on Monday.
FUNDAMENTALS
* Spot gold was little changed at $1,544.86 an ounce by 0046 GMT, after trading in a range between $1,540.39 and the record high of $1,579.75 on Monday.
* U.S. gold futures
* Gold traded mixed on Monday after the news that Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S.-led action. The fall in risk premium for commodity markets will be short lived, with gold and oil in focus on new concerns that al Qaeda may seek retribution. [ID:nL3E7G20RU]
* The CME Group Inc raised COMEX 5000 Silver <0#SI:> maintenance margins for speculators by 11.6 percent to $12,000 per contract from $10,750 effective Tuesday, May 3. This is the third time that the exchange raised margin since last Monday. [ID:nL3E7G22TT]
* Spot silver lost 8.5 percent on Monday, its biggest
daily loss since December 2008. It edged up 0.4 percent to
$44.07. COMEX silver
MARKET NEWS
* The dollar struggled to pull away from a three-year trough early in Asia on Tuesday, with higher-yielding currencies like the Australian dollar still in favour even as markets become more concerned over stretched positions.
* U.S. crude futures extended losses from the previous session.
DATA/EVENTS (GMT) 0430 Australia RBA cash rate May 2011 1145 U.S. ICSC chain stores yy Weekly 1200 Brazil Industrial output yy Mar 2011 1400 U.S. Durable goods for March
U.S. Total Vehicle Sales Apr
India Repo Rate May 2011
PRICES Precious metals prices 0046 GMT Metal Last Change Pct chg YTD pct chg Volume Spot Gold 1544.86 0.56 +0.04 8.84 Spot Silver 44.07 0.18 +0.41 42.81 Spot Platinum 1858.00 3.75 +0.20 5.12 Spot Palladium 767.50 -1.95 -0.25 -4.00 TOCOM Gold 4072.00 -15.00 -0.37 9.20 22271 TOCOM Platinum 4904.00 41.00 +0.84 4.43 3055 TOCOM Silver 118.70 1.30 +1.11 46.54 1953 TOCOM Palladium 2030.00 -17.00 -0.83 -3.20 197 COMEX GOLD JUN1 1545.10 -12.00 -0.77 8.70 12077 COMEX SILVER JUL1 44.59 -1.49 -3.24 44.12 4039 Euro/Dollar 1.4788 Dollar/Yen 81.05 TOCOM prices in yen per gram. Spot prices in $ per ounce. COMEX gold and silver contracts show the most active months (Editing by Michael Urquhart)