PRECIOUS-Gold holds above $1,060 after easing in NY

                                
 TOKYO, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Gold was steady above $1,060 an
ounce on Thursday after ending the previous day well below a
record high hit earlier on dollar weakness.
                                
 FUNDAMENTALS
                                
 * Gold <XAU=> was at $1,063.95 per ounce at 2350 GMT, up 0.2
percent.
                                
 * U.S. gold futures for December delivery <GCZ9> were at
$1,065.90 per ounce, up 0.1 percent.
                                
 * The world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, the
SPDR Gold Trust <GLD>, said its holdings stood at 1,109.314
tonnes as of Oct. 14, unchanged from the previous business day.
[GOL/SPDR]
                                
 MARKET NEWS
                                
 * The dollar slumped to a fresh 14-month low against the euro
on Wednesday as soaring quarterly profits at JPMorgan Chase
boosted market optimism and whetted investor appetite for
higher-yielding currencies and assets. [USD/]
                                
 * The Dow industrials rose above 10,000 on Wednesday for the
first time in a year on surprisingly robust company results and
better-than-expected retail sales. [.N]
                                
 * Oil rose above $75 a barrel to settle at a record high for
the year on Wednesday as economic optimism hinted at a recovery
in global energy demand. [O/R]
                                
 DATA EVENTS
                                
 * The following data is expected on Thursday: <ECON>
                                
 - Japan Aug capacity utilisation index             (0430 GMT)
                                
 - Japan revised Aug industrial output              (0430 GMT)
                                
 - Bank of Japan releases monthly economic report   (0500 GMT)
                                
 - ECB monthly bulletin                             (0800 GMT)
                                
 - Euro zone final Sept inflation                   (0900 GMT)
                                
 - U.S. CPI/core CPI for Sept                       (1230 GMT)
                                
 - U.S. real earnings for Sept                      (1230 GMT)
                                
 - New York Fed Empire State survey for Oct         (1230 GMT)
                                
 - Weekly U.S. jobless claims                       (1230 GMT)
                                
 - Philadelphia Fed business activity index for Oct (1400 GMT)
                                
 - Cleveland Fed median CPI for Sept                     (N/A)
                                
 RELATED NEWS
 >Gold eases after hitting record on dollar, oil           [GOL/]
 >Weak dollar takes oil to 2009 high, gold to record   [COM/WRAP]
 >Taiwan to study whether to raise gold in reserves [ID:nTP31563]
 >Dow passes 10,000 mark on earnings optimism     [ID:nN14267035]
 >U.S. retail sales hint consumer demand better   [ID:nN14236340]
                                
 PRICES
 Precious metals prices at 2345 GMT
Metal         Last      Change  Pct chg  Day ago pct  MA 30  RSI
 Spot gold    $1064.05    $2.15  +0.20%   +18.62%    $860.10  79
 Spot silver    $17.91    $0.06  +0.34%   +49.50%     $11.29  76
 Spot plat    $1359.00    $1.00  +0.07%    +0.04%   $1314.67  72
 TOCOM gold      3,060       -8  -0.26%    -0.10%      2,957  74
 TOCOM plat      3,904       -5  -0.13%    +0.15%      3,803  69
 Currencies
 Euro/dlr       $1.493   $0.000  +0.02%    +0.50%
 Dlr/yen         89.40     0.00  +0.00%    -0.33%
 TOCOM prices in yen per gram, except TOCOM silver which is
priced in yen per 10 grams.  Spot prices in $ per ounce.
 (Reporting by Miho Yoshikawa)