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SINGAPORE, Sep 14 (Reuters) Gold gained on Thursday as Tokyo futures rebounded to track a firmer crude oil price .

-- Spot gold rose to $588.40/589.90 an ounce from $587.60/589.10 late in New York on Wednesday.

-- Investec Australia pegged support at $575 an ounce and resistance at $596 an ounce.

-- The benchmark contract on the Tokyo gold futures , currently August 2007, rose 32 yen per gram to 2,247 yen ($19.10), having fallen by the 60-yen daily limit the previous day.

-- The euro was little changed at $1.2692 .

-- Silver inched up to $11.12/11.19 an ounce, from $11.05/11.12 an ounce in New York.

-- Platinum rose to $1,183/1,188 an ounce from $1,177/1,182 an ounce.

-- Palladium eased to $313/318 an ounce from $314/318 late in New York.

Precious Metals Prices by 0057 GMT* Metal Last Net change Pct Move Gold 588.30 -1.00 -0.17 Platinum 1183.00 6.00 +0.51 Palladium 313.00 -1.00 -0.32 Silver 11.14 -0.02 -0.18 Change so far in 2006 Metal Latest bid End prev year Pct Move Gold 588.30 517.20 +13.75 Platinum 1183.00 968.00 +22.21 Palladium 313.00 254.00 +23.23 Silver 11.14 8.81 +26.45 * The closing prices used to calculate the net change may differ from New York's last quoted prices.

($1=117.62 yen) REUTERS VJ RN0657