Yet gold has risen stoutly when valued in euros or sterling and some gold market participants said buying the metal basis those currencies could give an investor better upside potential.

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In the meantime, a physical-platinum trader said whereas the metal has been hurt by speculative trading on the basis of worries about future auto demand, actual industrial demand so far has been somewhat resilient.

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