PRECIOUS-Factors To Watch on October 22

                                
 LONDON, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Gold rose on Friday due to an
easing dollar ahead of a G20 finance ministers meeting in South
Korea and bargain hunting from the jewellery sector, but the
currency was still headed for its biggest weekly fall since
July. [ID:nSGE69L033]
                                
 
                                
 PRICES
                                
 * Spot gold <XAU=> was bid at 1,327.45 at 0635 GMT from
$1,323.60 late in New York on Thursday.
                                
 * Silver <XAG=> was at $23.27 from $23.18.
                                
 * Platinum <XPT=> at $1,675 from $1,665.95
                                
 * Palladium <XPD=> at $589.78 from $581.53
                                
 
                                
 DATA/EVENTS
                                
 * Meeting of G20 finance ministers, central bank governors,
Gwangju, South Korea.
                                
 * 0800 GMT German IFO survey for October
                                
 * 1645 GMT Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President
Charles Plosser speaks on regulatory reform.
                                
 
                                
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 MARKET NEWS
                                
 * Dealers trimmed bets against the U.S. dollar on Friday
ahead of a contentious G20 meeting, while a rally in technology
shares supported Asian stocks, which were headed for the first
weekly decline in two months.  [MKTS/GLOB]
                                
 * The euro and the Australian dollar hit their intraday
highs, extending gains made earlier on Friday after U.S.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said in a letter to G20
finance chiefs that the Group of 20 nations should refrain from
currency policies aimed at gaining a competitive edge. [USD/]
                                
 * Oil rose on Friday as the dollar weakened, after jobs and
business activity data signalled the U.S. economy would require
additional stimulus.  [O/R] 
                                
 * Wall Street edged higher in a volatile session on
Thursday, torn between strong corporate earnings and a surge in
the U.S. dollar.  [.N] 
                                
 * European shares were set to dip on Friday, retreating
after key indexes hit their highest closing levels in six months
a day earlier. [.EU]
                                
 
                                
 FUNDAMENTALS
                                
 * The world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, SPDR
Gold Trust <GLD.P>, said its holdings slipped to 1,298.266
tonnes by Oct. 21 from 1,299.177 tonnes on Oct 20. The holdings
hit a record at 1,320.436 tonnes on June 29. [GOL/SPDR]
                                
 * African Barrick Gold attributable production falls 23 pct
to 164,996 ounces. [ID:nWLA5994]
                                
 * South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers said on
Friday that an employee died after inhaling noxious gases at
Impala Platinum's <IMPJ.J> number 11 shaft in Rustenburg.
[ID:nWEA3731]
                                
 * Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc <FCX.N> beat Wall
Street estimates on Thursday with a 30 percent jump in
third-quarter profit on soaring prices for gold and other
metals.[nN21274463]
                                
 * Brazil's government will likely wait at least until the
next administration takes office in 2011 before changing a
mining law and discussing a possible royalty hike, a government
official told Reuters. [ID:nN21360146]
                                
 
                                
 TECHNICALS
                                
 * Gold support at $1,309 an ounce, resistance at $1,339 and
14-day RSI at 50.1.
                                
 * Platinum support at $1,663 an ounce, resistance at $1,687
and 14-day RSI at 56.2.
                                
 * Silver support at $22.65 an ounce, resistance at $23.65
and 14-day RSI at 57.5.
                                
 
                                
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 (Reporting by Melanie Burton, editing by Jane Baird