Nov 12 (Reuters) - Gold prices were unchanged on Tuesday, as
investors waited for clues from U.S. President Donald Trump on
the status of trade talks with China and protests in Hong Kong
provoked a warning from a Chinese newspaper editor.
FUNDAMENTALS
* Spot gold XAU= was flat at $1,455.55 per ounce by 0057
GMT, after falling to its lowest in more than three months in
the previous session.
* U.S. gold futures GCv1 were also unchanged at $1,456.60
per ounce.
* Trump is expected to speak at the Economic Club of New
York later in the day, where investors anticipate new word on
the Sino-U.S. phase one trade deal. * The United States and China had agreed to roll back
tariffs on each others' goods as part of the first phase of a
trade deal, but Trump denied any such agreement over the
weekend. * The months-long trade war has roiled financial markets and
sparked fears of a global economic slowdown, pushing the
precious metal more than 13% higher this year.
* Hong Kong police shot and critically wounded a protester
and a man was set on fire on Monday in violence that prompted
leader Carrie Lam to denounce "enemies of the people" and drew a
chilling warning from a senior Chinese newspaper editor.
* The events were an escalation in pro-democracy unrest in
the Chinese-ruled territory that has lasted five months, as
opposition to a now-withdrawn extradition bill broadened into
protests against Beijing's tightening grip on the Asian
financial hub.
* Asian share markets got off to a sluggish start on Tuesday
amid uncertainty over both the Sino-U.S. trade talks and the
Hong Kong political situation. MKTS/GLOB
* Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson won the most
significant boost of the election campaign when Nigel Farage's
Brexit Party pulled out of 317 Conservative-held seats in a bid
to keep Brexit opponents from controlling the next parliament.
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