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PRECIOUS-Gold inches higher as traders await US inflation print
Dec 9 (Reuters) - Gold prices inched higher on Monday as investors awaited U.S. inflation data, set for release this week, for insights into the Federal Reserve's monetary policy.
FUNDAMENTALS
* Spot gold was up 0.1% at $2,631.60 per ounce, as of 0009 GMT, after hitting a session high at $2,647.99.
* U.S. gold futures were steady at $2,658.10.
* Traders are now looking forward to U.S. inflation data due on Wednesday.
* According to the CME Group's FedWatch Tool, markets currently see an 85.1% chance of a 25-basis-points rate cut this month. Lower rates decrease the opportunity cost of holding non-yielding bullion.
* Federal Reserve officials appeared on track to cut interest rates this month after data showed the U.S. labor market remained strong but continued to cool in November.
* U.S. employers added 227,000 jobs last month, a rebound from a hurricane-impacted slowdown in October, but the unemployment rate inched up to 4.2%, the Labor Department's monthly employment report showed on Friday.
* On the geopolitical front, Syrian rebels seized the capital Damascus unopposed on Sunday after a lightning advance that sent President Bashar al-Assad fleeing to Russia after a 13-year civil war and six decades of his family's autocratic rule.
* Gold is often seen as a safe-haven asset during times of economic or political uncertainty.
* Spot silver was flat at $30.99 per ounce, platinum held steady at $930.20 and palladium rose 0.6% to $962.10.
(Reporting by Rahul Paswan in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)
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