Gold eases after EU debt containment plan

10 May 2010  Reuters

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Gold fell more than half a percent on Monday, trading just above $1,200 an ounce, as investors weighed whether a half a trillion euro plan could safeguard euro zone sovereign debt from default.

European Union finance ministers agreed on Monday on emergency measures worth 500 billion euros ($670 billion) to prevent Greece's debt crisis causing turmoil in other euro zone countries.

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