PRECIOUS-Gold inches up, ETF unchanged at record

                                
 TOKYO, April 13 (Reuters) - Gold inched up to hover above
$880 on Monday after many key markets were closed late last week
due to the Easter holiday break.
                                
 FUNDAMENTALS
                                
 * Gold <XAU=> was at $882.45 per ounce at 0017 GMT, up 0.2
percent from last week's notional close of $880.65.
                                
 * The world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, the
SPDR Gold Trust <GLD>, said holdings as of April 10 remain
unchanged at a record 1,127.68 tonnes, a level reached the
previous day. [GOL/SPDR]
                                
 MARKET NEWS
                                
 * Japan's Nikkei stock average edged down 0.3 percent on
Monday, with Toyota Motor Co <7203.T> slipping lower. [.T]
                                
 * The euro slipped to its lowest in almost a month against
the dollar on Friday, dented by holiday trade and views that the
European Central Bank may be edging closer to unconventional
easing. [USD/]
                                
 * UK financial markets and most major European markets remain
closed on April 13 for the Easter holiday, although U.S. markets
will reopen on April 13.
                                
 * Oil slipped below $52 per barrel on Monday giving up late
last week's gains as traders weighed the International Energy
Agency's dramatic oil demand downgrade against data showing that
Chinese crude imports rose to their second-highest ever. [O/R]
                                
 DATA EVENTS
                                
 * The following data/event is expected on Monday: <ECON>
                                
 - World Bank's Guerrero to hold press briefing (1900 GMT)
                                
 - U.S. Treasury Department sales of 4-week bills (1500 GMT)
                                
 RELATED NEWS
 > Gold holds steady in holiday-thinned trade       [GOL/]
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 PRICES
 Precious metals prices at 0012 GMT
 Metal         Last      Change  Pct chg  Day ago pct  MA 30
 Spot gold     $882.45    $1.80  +0.20%    -1.62%    $860.10
 Spot silver    $12.38    $0.06  +0.49%    +3.34%     $11.29
 Spot plat    $1204.50    $0.00  +0.00%    +1.52%   $1115.17
 COMEX gold    $885.00    $2.50  +0.28%    -0.01%    $916.87
 TOCOM gold      2,860       -9  -0.31%    +0.18%      2,913
 TOCOM plat      3,925       -3  -0.08%    +1.45%      3,515
 Currencies
 Euro/dlr       $1.315  -$0.002  -0.16%    -0.31%
 TOCOM prices in yen per gram, except TOCOM silver which is
priced in yen per 10 grams. Spot prices in $ per ounce.
 (Reporting by Miho Yoshikawa; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)