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Gold held on to its losses early on Wednesday after falling 0.6 % the session before, with the dollar advancing versus the yen. 

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* Spot gold was down 0.1% at USD 1,316.90 an ounce by 0105 GMT. 

* US gold futures eased 0.1 % to USD 1,321.90 an ounce. 

* The Bank of Japan plans to make its controversial negative interest rate policy the centrepiece of future monetary easing, promising to weigh further cuts as expansions to asset buying near their limits, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Wednesday.For more Information Visit Us:- ripplesadvisory.com/free-trial.php and miss call -9827808090.

* Holdings of SPDR Gold Trust, the world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, fell 0.47 % to 935.49 tonnes on Tuesday.