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Gold futures move lower on Tuesday, with strength in the dollar pressuring prices for the precious metal but gold remained in a tight trading range as investors look to this week’s U.S. economic data for hints on the Federal Reserve’s plan for interest rates.
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Gold briefly traded above the $2,000-an-ounce threshold early Tuesday, responding to a fall in Treasury yields and a weaker U.S. dollar. But the dollar subsequently found its footing, with the ICE U.S. Dollar Index DXY up 0.4%…
