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Gold closed slightly higher on physical demand-side support. Central banks of Kazakhstan, Turkey, Russia and Brazil increased their gold holdings last month. Softer US Dollar also lifted the yellow metal.
Silver dropped as a decline in iShares ETF holdings indicated fading investment interest. Holdings of iShares ETF plunged 61.73 million tonnes to 9818.07 tonnes on Thursday.
Platinum noted some gains, following cues of potential increase in industrial demand amid better-than-expected PMI data from the US, Chin and the Eurozone.
Palladium jumped on hopes for progress in Greek bailout talks. Moreover, an expected deficit on the market this year provided a supply risk premium for the precious metal.