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Gold May Fall for Third Day as Rescue-Fund Report Limits Demand

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Gold may fall for a third day in New York as reports that France and Germany are nearing an accord to boost the size of Europe’s rescue fund curbs demand for the metal as a protection of wealth.

The euro gained against the dollar as the Guardian newspaper reported the two nations support increasing the size of the 440 billion-euro ($607 billion) European Financial Stability Facility to 2 trillion euros ahead of a summit this weekend. European equities advanced.