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Gold steadies as traders gauge US-China tariff truce, await key US data

Gold prices were steady on Tuesday as a U.S.-China agreement to pause tariffs for at least 90 days lifted risk appetite, diminishing bullion's safe-haven appeal, while investors awaited key U.S. inflation data for further economic cues.

FUNDAMENTALS

* Spot gold held its ground at $3,235.37.86 an ounce, as of 0058 GMT. U.S. gold futures rose 0.5% to $3,243.50.

* Global shares rallied after the U.S. and China agreed to slash steep tariffs for at least 90 days.

* After two days of talks with Chinese officials in Geneva, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the two sides agreed to a 90-day pause under which tariffs would fall by over 100 percentage points.

* The U.S. will cut extra tariffs it imposed on Chinese imports last month to 30% from 145% for the next three months, the two sides said, while Chinese duties on U.S. imports will fall to 10% from 125%.

* The dollar strengthened, hovering near one-month high, consequently making greenback-priced gold more expensive for overseas buyers.

* China also agreed to remove export countermeasures implemented after April 2, which include restrictions on rare-earth minerals and magnets commonly used in high tech manufacturing, U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer said in a interview to Fox News.

* Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler said the pause on import levies at levels that threatened to shut down bilateral trade reduces chances that the U.S. central bank will need to lower interest rates in response to an economic slowdown.

* Traders are also awaiting U.S. Consumer Price Index report, due later in the day, for fresh signals on the Fed's monetary policy trajectory.


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