Bengaluru — Gold prices rose slightly on Wednesday amid a firm dollar and uncertainty over the outcome of US-China trade talks, while investors waited for minutes from the Federal Reserve’s meeting for clues on the outlook for US interest rates. Spot gold was up 0.1% at $1,292.56/oz, as of 3.29am GMT. US gold futures for June delivery were unchanged at $1,291.90/oz. "We were quite steady this morning, but are running out of steam with dollar being quite firm," a Hong Kong-based trader said. "We want to see what FOMC [Federal open market committee] minutes have in store for us.… I think [investors] are looking at anything out of the ordinary that could raise the market," the trader said. The dollar inched higher versus a basket of currencies on Wednesday, with investors awaiting minutes of the Federal Reserve’s last policy meeting due later in the day for hints on the pace of further US monetary tightening. At the previous policy meeting in May, the US central bank expressed confiden...
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