周一，8月31日，2009年，上午5：46IST
东京，8月31日（路透社）- 受投资需求与美元疲软的推动，黄金周一冲高960美元，接近3周来高点。
基本面
*黄金在2359GMT达到959.55美元，比纽约名义收盘价954.45美元上升0.5%。
*12月交货的美国黄金期货为每盎司960.50美元，上升0.2%。
*世界最大以黄金为抵押的上市交易基金，SPDR黄金信托8月28日持仓为1060.83吨未变。
*美国商品期货交易委员会周度报告显示，截止8月25日的一周中，非商业净多头美国黄金期货头寸从177530手上升3.1%至182982手。
市场新闻
*周一，日本民主党推翻执政的自民党结束选举的不确定性，日元微幅上涨。
*受美元疲弱与世界能源需求将随全球经济复苏而上涨得乐观情绪影响，美国石油周一延续73美元之上的上涨。
*在一周的消费信心报告打压了戴尔与因特尔公司正面消息之后，美国股票周五大多数下滑。
西汉志：郑鹏
PRECIOUS-Gold rises towards $960 as dollar weakens
Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:46am IST
TOKYO, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Gold climbed towards $960 on
Monday, approaching the three-week high it hit in the previous
session, lifted by strong investment demand and buying linked to
a weaker dollar.
FUNDAMENTALS
* Gold XAU= was at $959.55 an ounce at 2359 GMT, up 0.5
percent from the New York notional close of $954.45.
* U.S. gold futures for December delivery GCZ9 were at
$960.50 an ounce, up 0.2 percent.
* The world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, the
SPDR Gold Trust GLD, said holdings stood at 1,061.83 tonnes as
of Aug. 28, steady from the previous business day. [GOL/SPDR]
* Noncommercial net long U.S. gold futures positions rose 3.1
percent to 182,982 lots in the week to Aug 25 from 177,530 lots,
a weekly report by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
showed. [ID:nN28604357]
MARKET NEWS
* The yen was trading modestly firmer on Monday after the
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) ousted the ruling Liberal
Democratic Party in a landslide, putting an end to election
uncertainty. [USD/]
* U.S. crude oil CLc1 rose to extend gains above $73 on
Monday, supported by a slightly weaker U.S. dollar and optimism
that world energy demand would rise on the back of a global
economic recovery. [O/R]
* U.S. stocks mostly slipped on Friday after a week consumer
sentiment report offset positive news from bellwethers Dell Inc
(DELL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) and Intel Corp (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research).
