PRECIOUS-Gold mostly flat, hovers under $1,100

TOKYO, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Gold was mostly unchanged on Monday
after surging to a record high above $1,100 per ounce in the
previous session as a rise in the U.S. unemployment rate to a
26-½ year high prompted investors to seek a safe haven.

FUNDAMENTALS

* Spot gold XAU= was at $1,096.05 per ounce at 0020 GMT,
down 0.02 percent from New York's notional close of $1,096.30. It
hit a record high of $1,100.90 on Friday.

* U.S. gold futures for December delivery GCZ9 were at
$1,096.50 an ounce, up 0.1 percent.

* Noncommercial net long U.S. gold futures positions fell 0.2
percent to 241,319 lots in the week to Nov. 3 from 241,777, a
weekly report by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
showed. [ID:nN06206760]

* The world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, SPDR
Gold Trust (GLD: Quote, Profile, Research), said its holdings stood at 1,108.344 tonnes as
of Nov. 6, unchanged from the previous business day. [GOL/SPDR]

MARKET NEWS

* The dollar fell on Monday, hurt in part by a meeting of the
Group of 20 finance officials that failed to take any concrete
action to rebalance global flows or talk more specifically about
the dollar's recent decline. [USD/]

* Japan's Nikkei average edged down 0.5 percent on Monday,
with Canon Inc (7751.T: Quote, Profile, Research) and other exporters hit by wariness about
the U.S. economy after mixed jobs data as well as by a stronger
yen. [.T]

DATA EVENTS

* The following data is expected on Monday: ECON

- Australia Sept housing finance (0030 GMT)

- German Sept trade balance (0700 GMT)

- Bank of France survey (0730 GMT)

- Euro zone Nov Sentix index (0930 GMT)

- German Sept industry output (1100 GMT)

- U.S. Oct employment trend index for Oct (1500 GMT)

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> US jobless rate hits 26-½ year high [ID:ID:nN06178752]
> G20 plans imbalances framework [ID:nL7165900]

PRICES

Precious metals prices at 0012 GMT
Metal Last Change Pct chg Day ago pct MA 30 RSI
Spot gold $1095.75 -$0.55 -0.05% +22.16% $860.10 77
Spot silver $17.41 $0.03 +0.17% +45.33% $11.29 59
Spot plat $1342.50 $0.00 +0.00% +0.00% $1342.30 51
TOCOM gold 3,175 -14 -0.44% +0.09% 3,066 66
TOCOM plat 3,894 -6 -0.15% -1.57% 3,901 47
Currencies
Euro/dlr $1.485 -$0.003 -0.19% +0.09%
Dlr/yen 89.77 -0.22 -0.24% -0.09%
TOCOM prices in yen per gram, except TOCOM silver which is
priced in yen per 10 grams. Spot prices in $ per ounce.
(Reporting by Miho Yoshikawa)