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Gold rebounds, Europe, US debt worry weighs

Wednesday, 23 November 2011


SINGAPORE, Nov 22 (Reuters): Spot gold rebounded Tuesday, as a decline of more than 2 percent in the previous session attracted some buyers, while worries about debt crises in both the United States and the euro zone are expected to keep sentiment fragile. US lawmakers abandoned their high-profile effort to rein in the country's ballooning debt on Monday, but rating agencies Standard & Poor's and Moody's said there will be no immediate downgrade of the country's credit ratings. On the other side of the Atlantic, the debt crisis swept closer to the heart of Europe as Moody's warned about France's credit ratings outlook. "Today there has been some buying interest on the physical market, although overall trading is thin," said Peter Fung, head of dealing at Wing Fung Precious Metals in Hong Kong.