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Platinum meanwhile hit parity with palladium for the first time since 2001 on diverging demand expectations. Platinum is used more heavily in the diesel engines that have fallen out of favour since 2015's Volkswagen emissions-rigging scandal.
Spot gold sank 0.7 percent to $1,284.37 per ounce by 1354 GMT after tumbling 1.3 percent in the previous session. Earlier it hit its lowest since Aug. 25 at $1,282.23.