* Gold eyes best day since early March. * Silver soars over 8% to highest since mid-August. * Platinum, palladium jump. By Bharat Gautam. Gold prices jumped more than 2% on Monday boosted by a dip in the U.S. dollar and bond yields, as recent lows enticed investors and also sparked a rally in silver in potentially its best day since late-2008.
* Focus on manufacturing PMIs, U.S. jobs data this week. * Silver hits more than one-week high. * Palladium up more than 1% By Brijesh Patel. Gold prices edged higher on Monday, helped by a pullback in the dollar and U.S. Treasury yields, although the gains were capped on fears of aggressive rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve. Spot gold was up 0.2% at $1,663.70 per ounce, as of 1043 GMT.
* Manufacturing PMIs, U.S. jobs data on investors' radar. * Gold could see relief rally on lukewarm NFP data - analyst. By Eileen Soreng. Gold prices rose on Monday as a softer dollar rekindled some of bullion's appeal for overseas buyers, although the prospects of sharp interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve and other major central banks capped further gains.
Gold prices edged higher on Monday on a softer dollar, although central banks worldwide retained their aggressive monetary policies to tackle soaring inflation, limiting gains for safe-haven bullion. FUNDAMENTALS. * Spot gold was up 0.3% at $1,665.29 per ounce, as of 0115 GMT.
* Gold down 7.7% for the quarter. * Silver, platinum set for second straight quarterly declines. * Palladium adds about 12% so far this quarter. * Dollar faces a weekly decline. By Kavya Guduru.
Russia's Rusal said on Friday that speculation the aluminium producer was planning to offload metal into London Metal Exchange registered warehouses was misleading. The LME, the world's oldest and largest market for trading industrial metals, said on Thursday it was considering a consultation on whether Russian aluminium, nickel and copper should continue to be traded and stored in its system.
* This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine. Russia's Rusal said on Friday that speculation the aluminium producer was planning to offload metal into London Metal Exchange registered warehouses was misleading.
* China premiums at $20-$45 an ounce this week. * Premiums in Hong Kong at $0.5-$4/oz, Singapore at $2.50-$3. By Rajendra Jadhav and Ashitha Shivaprasad. The physical gold market in India flipped to a premium this week as demand improved ahead of festivities, while Chinese premiums stayed elevated.
* Gold down 7.8% for the quarter. * Silver, platinum set for second-straight quarterly decline. * Current gains in gold are likely to be limited-analyst. By Arundhati Sarkar. Gold prices, which gained on Friday as the dollar weakened, were on course for their worst quarter since March last year as central banks worldwide stick with aggressive monetary policies.
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