SINGAPORE, Aug 14 (Reuters) Gold fell on Tuesday as the dollar hit a one-month high against the eur

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SINGAPORE, Aug 14 (Reuters) Gold fell on Tuesday as the dollar hit a one-month high against the euro, while Tokyo futures shed the previous day's gains.

-- Spot gold fell to $668.30/669.10 an ounce from $669.50/670.30 late in New York, but off Friday's two week low of $658.10 an ounce.

-- Most active June 2008 gold futures on the Tokyo Commodity Exchange fell 12 yen per gram to 2,563 yen, having ended 27 yen higher at 2,575 yen on Monday on short covering.

-- The euro hit a one-month low against the dollar as the European Central Bank's hefty cash injections to the money market cooled expectations for a September interest rate increase in the euro zone.

-- The ECB injected 47.67 billion euros ($65.3 billion) into euro-zone money markets on Monday in a one-day tender to replace Friday's special three-day tender for 61.05 billion euros.

-- The euro hit a fresh one-month low against the dollar at $1.3602 on electronic trading platform EBS in early Asian trade. The dollar dipped against the yen to 118.15 yen from around 118.25 yen in late New York trade.

-- The ECB and other central banks around the world have been providing funds into the global banking system in the past one week to stave off a money market squeeze caused by growing jitters about bank and fund losses from U.S. subprime mortgage problems.

-- Platinum fell to $1,272/1,277 an ounce from $1,275/1,278 late in New York.

-- Silver edged down to $12.76/12.79 an ounce from $12.79/12.84 late in New York.

-- Palladium fell to $353/358 an ounce from $354/357 an ounce.

Precious metals prices at 0102 GMT Last Net Change Pct Move Turnover (lots) TOCOM Gold 2561.00 -14.00 -0.54 17331 TOCOM Platinum 4795.00 -19.00 -0.39 8061 TOCOM Silver 487.40 -2.90 -0.59 398 TOCOM Palladium 1364.00 -1.00 -0.07 75 Spot Gold 668.30 Spot Platinum 1272.00 Spot Silver 12.76 Spot Palladium 353.00 Change so far in 2007 Metal Latest bid End prev year Pct Move TOCOM Gold 2561.00 2445.00 +4.74 TOCOM Platinum 4795.00 4254.00 +12.72 TOCOM Silver 487.40 493.30 -1.20 TOCOM Palladium 1364.00 1255.00 +8.69 Spot Gold 668.30 636.10 +5.06 Spot Platinum 1272.00 1132.00 +12.37 Spot Silver 12.76 12.85 -0.70 Spot Palladium 353.00 332.00 +6.33 Euro/Dollar $1.3612 Dollar/Yen 117.92 TOCOM prices in yen per gram, except TOCOM silver which is priced in yen per 10 grams spot prices in $ per ounce.

Reuters KK SBA VP0702

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