PRECIOUS-Gold steady after

                                
 SINGAPORE, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Gold barely changed on Tuesday
and was under pressure from a rally in global stock markets and
improved sentiment on economic recovery, but inflation concerns
could still underpin sentiment.	
                                
              	
                                
 FUNDAMENTALS	
                                
 * Spot gold added 59 cents to $1,351.05 an ounce by
0020 GMT, well below a lifetime high around $1,430 an ounce hit
in December. 	
                                
  * U.S. gold futures for April rose $4.1 an ounce to 
$1,352.3 an ounce.	
                                
 * Japan's Nikkei average hit a new nine-month peak on
Tuesday, extending gains for a third straight day, as investors
pile into riskier assets in developed economies on hopes for a
steady economic recovery. 	
                                
  	
                                
 MARKET NEWS	
                                
 * The euro ended little changed against the U.S. dollar on
Monday after reaching a two-week low, but near-term gains will
likely be limited as weak German industrial data fuel doubts of
interest rates rising in the euro zone. 	
                                
 * Oil prices fell sharply on Monday as concerns about
Egypt's political turmoil affecting oil flows in the region
eased and investor focus returned to rising U.S. inventories and
a tepid employment picture. 	
                                
   	
                                
 	
 DATA/EVENTS (GMT)
                                
 - 1100 Germany Industrial output mm Dec 2010 
                                
 - 1245 U.S. ICSC chain stores yy Weekly 
                                
 - 1600 U.S. EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook Feb 
                                
 - 2130 U.S. API petroleum stocks Weekly 
  
	
                                
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 Precious metals prices 0020 GMT
 Metal  Last    Change      Pct chg  YTD pct chg  Turnover
 Spot Gold        1351.05    0.59    +0.04     -4.82
 Spot Silver        29.39    0.02    +0.07     -4.76
 Spot Platinum    1836.49   -1.51   -0.08      3.90
 Spot Palladium    816.47    1.00   +0.12      2.12
 TOCOM Gold       3588.00   13.00   +0.36     -3.78        15139
 TOCOM Platinum   4908.00   11.00   +0.22      4.51         3770
 TOCOM Silver       77.70    0.70   +0.91     -4.07          370
 TOCOM Palladium  2176.00   16.00   +0.74      3.77          128
 Euro/Dollar       1.3579
 Dollar/Yen         82.28
 TOCOM prices in yen per gram. Spot prices in $ per ounce.
 (Reporting by Lewa Pardomuan; Editing by Himani Sarkar)	
 	
 	
 	
                                
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