Gold fluctuates before Bernanke's speech in Congress

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Gold fluctuated on Wednesday amid speculation that the Fed may scale back stimulus before the Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies in the U.S. Congress today. Spot gold swung between gains and losses and was traded at $1,377.23 an ounce as of 10:52 a.m. Singapore time following an increase of 0.3% and an yesterday's drop by 1.3%.

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