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 (Updates prices)
    * Gold's break underneath $1,840/oz points to extra draw again
-analyst
    * European shares set to understand on vaccine optimism
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    By Nakul Iyer
    Nov 24 (Reuters) - Gold hit a four-month low on Tuesday as
merchants deserted the safe-haven metallic following a U.S. federal
firm's transition approval for Joe Biden and rising prospects
for the swift launch of an affordable COVID-19 vaccine. 
    Spot gold        fell 0.2% to $1,831.90 per ounce by 717
GMT, having earlier slid to its lowest since July 21 at
$1,820.45. It slumped as quite a bit as 2.2% on Monday. 
    U.S. gold futures        have been down 0.6% to $1,826.30.
    "Merchants are clearly rallying throughout the narrative of a
vaccine-fuelled monetary reopening, to the aim they're eager
to look earlier the monetary realities and potential draw again risks
that may lie ahead," said FXTM market analyst Han Tan.
    European stock futures rose, extending optimism in Asian
equities spurred by data AstraZeneca's         COVID-19 vaccine
might presumably be as a lot as 90% environment friendly.                           
    In a single different improve to risk sentiment, U.S. president-elect
Biden acquired the transition go-ahead on Monday. On Twitter,
President Donald Trump said he was recommending that his group
"do what should be completed with regard to preliminary protocols".
                         
     "The reality that now we now have a smoother transition between
President-elect Biden and Trump is solely one other excuse to suppose
that the restoration because it's at current participating in out has one a lot much less
risk to it," said IG Markets analyst Kyle Rodda.
    The breakdown of help spherical $1,840 suggests extra
draw again into the $1,700s sooner than shoppers return, he added. 
    Nevertheless analysts well-known the most likely appointment of former Federal
Reserve chair Janet Yellen as U.S. Treasury Secretary may
improve bets for extra fiscal and monetary stimulus and revenue
bullion.                          
    Gold is taken under consideration a hedge in direction of inflation and foreign exchange
debasement, extra prone to consequence from the unprecedented stimulus
unleashed globally this yr to ease the pandemic's monetary
blow.       
    Silver        fell 0.4% to $23.48 an oz. Platinum       
rose 0.9% to $934.73, whereas palladium        dropped 0.7% to
$2,338.36.

 (Reporting by Nakul Iyer in Bengaluru; Enhancing by Rashmi Aich
and Subhranshu Sahu)