NEW YORK: Gold prices reversed course and turned positive early in New York trade on Thursday, after touching a two-month low, as the dollar retreated slightly and as Federal Reserve officials reaffirmed to keeping monetary policy loose.
Spot gold rose 0.6% to $1,874.93 per ounce as of 1:46 p.m. EDT (1746 GMT). US gold futures for December settled up 0.5% at 1,876.9.
"The Fed continues to tell us that they will do whatever is required to make sure things don't happen badly, and that certainly is a catalyst to think that there will be more accommodation, which is accretive for gold," said Bart Melek, head of commodity strategies at TD Securities.
Fed officials had reaffirmed their low interest rate policy until the labour market recovers or inflation rises to 2%.
Bullion, however, had fallen to its lowest level since July 22 earlier. Gold prices have declined about 10% since hitting a record peak in August as expectations of further stimulus from the government waned with the US Congress locked in a stalemate. Elsewhere, silver rose 1.8% to $23.28 per ounce, having touched its lowest since July 22 earlier. Platinum rose 1% to $847, having hit a more-than two-month low earlier. Palladium gained 0.4% to $2,229.83, having touched a near-one-month low earlier.
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