Sept 30 (Reuters) - Gold edged lower in early Asian trade on
Wednesday with cautious investors awaiting key takeaways from
the first U.S. presidential debate, while optimism over hopes of
a U.S. coronavirus aid deal limited losses.
FUNDAMENTALS
* Spot gold XAU= was down 0.1% at $1,896.03 per ounce by
0034 GMT, having earlier hit a one-week high of $1,899.12.
* U.S. gold futures GCv1 were down 0.1% at $1,889.70.
* The dollar index .DXY was down 0.1% against rivals.
USD/
* U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Joe
Biden will begin shortly their first presidential debate.
* U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday she hoped
to have a coronavirus aid deal with the White House this week,
after speaking with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.
* The U.S. recovery from the coronavirus-linked recession
has been more robust than expected, New York Federal Reserve
President John Williams said on Tuesday, though he added it
could be about three years before the economy regains its full
strength. * Britain's House of Commons approved a legislation on
Tuesday that gives ministers the power to break its divorce deal
with the European Union, despite the threat of legal action from
Brussels and unrest within the governing Conservative
Party. * The global coronavirus death toll surpassed a million on
Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally. * Silver XAG= rose 0.2% to $24.22 per ounce, platinum
XPT= fell 0.1%, to $883.25 and palladium XPD= gained 0.5% to
$2,319.59.
DATA/EVENTS (GMT)
0100 China NBS Manufacturing PMI Sept
0145 China Caixin Mfg PMI Final Sept
0600 UK GDP QQ, YY Q2
0600 UK Nationwide House Price MM, YY Sept
0645 France CPI (EU Norm) Prelim YY Sept
0855 Germany Unemployment Chg, Rate SA Sept
1230 US GDP Final Q2