SYDNEY, Feb 19 Gold eased slightly on Monday, awaiting movements in currency markets for

SYDNEY, Feb 19 (Reuters) Gold eased slightly on Monday, awaiting movements in currency markets for direction after ending last week flat and as holidays shut markets in Asia and the United States.

-- Lunar New Year holiday breaks would likely leave gold markets subdued across much of Asia, while the U.S. President's Day holiday would dampen interest in North America, dealers said.

-- Spot gold was quoted at $668.10/$668.80 an ounce at 0004 GMT versus $669.00/9.70 an ounce late Friday and the last London fix of $665.10.

-- Taiwan and China are closed for the entire week to mark the Year of the Pig, while Hong Kong and Singapore will be shut on Monday and Tuesday. South Korea and Malaysia will be closed on Monday.

-- COMEX electronic gold and silver futures on the CME Globex platform will be open as usual on Monday. The Chicago Board of Trade's electronically traded 100-oz gold contract will be closed for daytime trading and reopen at normal evening hours.

-- The dollar steadied on Friday, holding little changed against the euro and the yen, but still set to post its steepest weekly decline in two months against a basket of major currencies.

-- Silver was 1 cent lower against Friday's late new York quote at $13.94/4.00 an ounce.

-- Platinum rose $1 to $1,202/$1,207 an ounce.

-- Palladium fell $1 to $338/343 an ounce.

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