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Gold retreats by around half a percent as dollar gains strength

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On Monday Gold prices receded by around half a percent in Asia trades as discouraging developments from Europe persistent to discourage investors from risky asset classes like commodities. Growing doubts that potential downgrades of several Euro-zone nations may derail progress towards resolving Europe’s onerous debt problem, undermined sentiments. The yellow metal prices also got weighed downhill by the appreciation in American greenback against a basket of currencies amid rising tensions on the Korean peninsula after the mercurial leader Kim Jong Il of nuclear-armed North Korea died, which made the dollar priced bullion prices costlier for overseas investors.


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