SINGAPORE, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Gold edged lower on Monday, dragged down by uncertainty over when the U.S. Federal Reserve will trim the massive bond-buying programme that has boosted the metal's appeal as a hedge against inflation. FUNDAMENTALS * GoldXAU= had fallen $3.32 an ounce to $1,387.56 by 0012 GMT. It slipped to $1,362.55 on Friday, its weakest since August 22, before rallying more than 1 percent on weaker-than-expected U.S. nonfarm payrolls. * U.S. goldGCcv1 was up $1.30 at $1,387.80 an ounce. * U.S. employers hired fewer workers than expected in August and the jobless rate hit a 4-1/2-year low as Americans gave up the search for work, complicating the Fed's decision on whether to scale back its monetary stimulus this month.ID:nL2N0H123E * But comments from Fed officials suggested the tapering plan is still on track. Esther George, the Kansas City Fed's consistently hawkish leader said she favoured trimming the bond-buying programme. Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said he could be swayed towards a pullback.ID:nL2N0H21MC * For the top stories on metals and other news, clickTOP/MTL ,TOP/MACRO orGOL/ MARKET NEWS * The yen dropped on Monday as traders positioned for a rally in Japanese shares after Tokyo won its bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics, while Asian shares look set to gain after mildly upbeat Chinese trade data underscored signs of stability in the world's second-biggest economy.MKTS/GLOB * U.S. crude futures fell below $110 a barrel on Monday as investors took profits following gains of 3 percent in the last two sessions, underpinned by uncertainty over a possible U.S. military strike against Syria.O/N DATA/EVENTS (GMT) 0130 China CPICNCPI=ECI 0130 China PPICNPPI=ECI 0500 Japan Consumer confidenceJPCONI=ECI 0830 Euro zone Sentix indexEUSTCS=ECI 1400 U.S. Employment trendsUSEMPI=ECI 1900 U.S. Consumer creditUSCRED=ECI PRICES Precious metals prices 0012 GMT Metal Last Change Pct chg YTD pct chg Volume Spot Gold 1387.56 -3.32 -0.24 -17.14 Spot Silver 23.90 0.08 +0.34 -21.07 Spot Platinum 1493.49 4.59 +0.31 -2.70 Spot Palladium 695.56 -1.94 -0.28 0.51 COMEX GOLD DEC3 1387.80 1.30 +0.09 -17.19 2830 COMEX SILVER DEC3 23.95 0.05 +0.23 -20.99 1119 Euro/Dollar 1.3170 Dollar/Yen 99.94 COMEX gold and silver contracts show the most active months (Reporting by Lewa Pardomuan; Editing by Joseph Radford) ((lewa.pardomuan@thomsonreuters.com)(+65 68703834)(Reuters Messaging: lewa.pardomuan.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)) ((Multimedia versions of Reuters Top News are now available for: * 3000 Xtra : visithttp://topnews.session.rservices.com * BridgeStation : view story .134 * Reuters Plus : from your WebDSS screen For more information on Top News, visithttp://topnews.reuters.com )) Reuters Terminal users can see related news and prices by double clicking on the codes in brackets: - All precious metals headlinesGOL - Precious metals market reportsGOL/ - Daily fixing headlinesGOL/FIX - Indian gold reportsGOL/IN - European gold pricesGOLD/EU1 GOLD/EU2 0#PREC - London interbank gold forward ratesGOFO 0#GOFO= - London silver forwardsSIFO SIFO= - Gold lease ratesLGLR 0#LGLR= - London Bullion Market AssociationLBMA01 - New York Comex gold0#GC: and silver0#SI: - New York platinum0#PL: and palladium0#PA: - Asian gold pricesGOLD/ASIA1 0#PREC - Australian precious metals prices0#AUPREC= - Shanghai Gold Exchange pricesSGE/MENU - Hong Kong gold exchange pricesHKGG - Indian bullion pricesINBULL 0#PREC-IN - Japanese producer pricesJP/PROD1 For Related News and other topics, double click on one of these codes: SPEED GUIDESCOMMOD ENERGY PRECIOUS/1 PRECIOUS/2 REUTERS ))
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