PRECIOUS-Gold little changed near $1,150

                                
 TOKYO, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Gold prices were mostly flat around
$1,150 per ounce on Tuesday after touching a five-week high in
the previous session on a weak dollar.
                                
 FUNDAMENTALS
                                
 * Spot gold <XAU=> eased 0.1 percent to $1,150.00 per ounce
at 2358 GMT, compared to New York's notional close of $1,151.10.
                                
 * U.S. gold futures for February delivery <GCG0> were at
$1,151.60, up 0.02 percent from $1,151.40 on the COMEX division
of the NYMEX.
                                
 * Platinum was also mostly flat after rising to the highest
level since August 2008 on Monday, boosted by last week's launch
of the first U.S.-based exchange-traded funds backed by metals.
 It was at $1,588.00 per ounce, down 0.2 percent.
                                
 * The world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, SPDR
Gold Trust <GLD>, said its holdings stood at 1,119.541 tonnes as
of Jan. 11, unchanged from the previous business day. [GOL/SPDR]
                                
 MARKET NEWS
                                
 * U.S. industrial shares lifted the Dow and the S&P 500 on
Monday to new 15-month highs after China bolstered expectations
the world economy would strengthen, but Nasdaq fell on
profit-taking in tech stocks. [.N]
                                
 * The U.S. dollar slipped for the second straight trading day
on Monday as last week's disappointing U.S. jobs data again
pushed investors to sell.  [USD/]
                                
 DATA EVENTS
                                
 * The following data is expected on Tuesday: <ECON>
                                
 - UK December BRC retail sales data                (0001 GMT)
                                
 - Japan Dec economy watchers poll                  (0500 GMT)
                                
 - UK November trade data                           (0930 GMT)
                                
 - British chambers of commerce Q4 survey           (0930 GMT)
                                
 - ICSC/Goldman Sachs weekly U.S. chain store sales (1245 GMT)
                                
 - U.S. international trade for November            (1330 GMT)
                                
 - Redbook weekly U.S. retail sales                 (1355 GMT)
                                
 - U.S. Jan IBD/TIPP consumer confidence index      (1500 GMT)
                                
 - ABC U.S. weekly consumer comfort index           (2200 GMT)
                                
 RELATED NEWS
 >Gold hits 5-week high on dollar drop, China data         [GOL/]
 >COMMODITIES-Down as weather hits oil, soy; metals up [COM/WRAP]
 >Platinum takes centre-stage after U.S. ETF launch
                                
                                               [ID:nLDE60A1IE]
 > Fed's Bullard-Job loss pace slowed             [ID:nN10135264]
 > Trichet says global economy in recovery mode   [ID:nLDE60A1MX]
                                
 PRICES
                                
 Precious metals prices at 2353 GMT
 Metal         Last      Change  Pct chg  Day ago pct  MA 30  RSI
 Spot gold    $1150.20   -$0.90  -0.08%    -0.66%   $1126.97  70
 Spot silver    $18.51   -$0.04  -0.22%    +1.82%     $17.69  74
 Spot plat    $1587.50   -$4.00  -0.25%   +10.43%   $1469.72  84
 TOCOM gold      3,394       60  +1.80%    +1.25%      3,272
 TOCOM plat      4,675      498 +11.92%   +12.52%      4,058
 Currencies
 Euro/dlr       $1.451  -$0.019  -1.31%    -2.12%
 Dlr/yen         92.10     3.70  +4.19%    +2.89%
 TOCOM prices in yen per gram. Spot prices in $ per ounce.
 (Reporting by Miho Yoshikawa)