Gold edges higher in holiday trade

TAIPEI, Dec 26 (Reuters) Gold edged up on Tuesday as holidays in major metals markets kept trading thin and as the U.S. currency held near a two-month peak against the yen.

-- Spot gold was at 3.10/624.10 an ounce at 0034 GMT, up from the London close of 0.00/621.50.

The New York market resumes metals trading on Tuesday.

Traders in the London bullion market return a day later on Wednesday as Tuesday is a holiday in Britain.

-- Benchmark December 2007 gold futures on the Tokyo Commodity Exchange added 16 yen per gram to 2,410 yen per gram.

-- The dollar held near a two-month peak against the low-yielding yen at 118.90 yen , just off the peak of 118.97 yen hit on Friday.

-- Silver also ticked up to .63/2.70 an ounce from the closing bid of .54.

-- Palladium was roughly steady at 2.00/7.00 an ounce from a closing bid of 3.

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