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 SINGAPORE, June 21 (Reuters) - Gold edged up on Tuesday and
held near its highest in two weeks on a softer U.S. dollar
against the euro and growing fears that Greece could end
up defaulting on its debt. 

 FUNDAMENTALS 

 * Spot gold added $1.40 to $1,541.35 an ounce by 0041
GMT after rising as high as $1,545.90 an ounce on Monday, its
strongest since June 9. Gold is still below a lifetime high
around $1,575 touched in early May.   

 * Silver was hardly changed, at $35.97 an ounce,
below a record at $49.51 an ounce in April. 

 * Euro zone finance ministers gave Greece two weeks from
Monday to approve further spending cuts and tax increases in
exchange for another 12 billion euros in emergency loans, piling
pressure on Athens to get its ragged finances in order.
  

 * Jewellers in Indonesia have started making inquiries ahead
of the fasting month of Ramadan, and jewellers in Hong Kong are
happy to buy on dips but volatile bullion prices have scared off
investors in Japan.  

 MARKET NEWS 

 * The Nikkei average rose on Tuesday as tension over
Europe's economic woes eased on the latest move to help Greece
handle its debt, but gains may be limited on caution ahead of a
Federal Open Market Committee meeting this week.  

 * Oil rose in early trade on Tuesday as the previous
session's losses gave investors an opportunity to buy and the
U.S. dollar weakened.    

 DATA EVENTS (GMT) 

 0900 Germany ZEW economic sentiment  Jun 2011    

 1145 U.S. ICSC chain stores yy       Weekly      

 1400 U.S.Exist. home sales % chg     May         

 1400 U.S. Existing home sales        May         

    
 Precious metals prices 0041 GMT

                                                                               
 Metal             Last    Change  Pct chg  YTD pct chg  Turnover
 Spot Gold        1541.35    1.40   +0.09      8.59
 Spot Silver        35.97   -0.03   -0.08     16.56
 Spot Platinum    1738.99   12.04   +0.70     -1.61
 Spot Palladium    752.25    8.60   +1.16     -5.91
 TOCOM Gold       3982.00   10.00   +0.25      6.78        20877
 TOCOM Platinum   4553.00  -19.00   -0.42     -3.05         8740
 TOCOM Silver       92.80    0.90   +0.98     14.57          355
 TOCOM Palladium  1951.00   25.00   +1.30     -6.96          163
 Euro/Dollar       1.4347
 Dollar/Yen         80.19
 TOCOM prices in yen per gram. Spot prices in $ per ounce.
 

  
   
 
 (Reporting by Lewa Pardomuan; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)