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    * Greenback slips to multi-year lows
    * Platinum hits highest stage since August 2016 
    * Silver hits over three-month peak
    * Silver set to shine in 2021             
    * Interactive graphic monitoring world unfold of coronavirus:
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    By Shreyansi Singh
    Jan 4 (Reuters) - Gold costs rose greater than 2% on Monday to
their highest stage in almost two months, bolstered by the
greenback's slide forward of runoff elections for each U.S. Senate
seats from Georgia.
    Spot gold        was up 2.4% at $1,943.13 an oz by 2 p.m.
EST (1900 GMT). The session excessive of $1,944.11 was its highest
mark since Nov. 9. 
    U.S. gold futures        settled up 2.7% at $1,946.60.
    "There's the probability that we'll see important
stimulus, which can result in additional declines within the greenback,"
stated Jeffrey Sica, founding father of Circle Squared Various
Investments.
    The greenback index        slid to a 2-1/2 12 months low, making
bullion cheaper for holders of different currencies.       
    Traders have been watching Tuesday's run-off elections in
Georgia, which can resolve which get together controls the U.S. Senate.
            
    "The Senate election this week might grow to be a serious
disruptive occasion so gold is rallying on that," Sica added.
    If President-elect Joe Biden's Democrats achieve management of
each homes of the U.S. Congress, his administration would discover
it simpler to push insurance policies reminiscent of rewriting the tax code to
boosting stimulus and infrastructure spending.             
    Many traders view non-yielding bullion as a hedge towards
inflation and foreign money debasement that they concern might outcome
from massive stimulus measures.             
    More durable lockdown restrictions are anticipated in Britain and
Japan, as COVID-19 circumstances mount.                                
    The coronavirus variant in South Africa is prone to have an
impression on valuable metals costs, stated StoneX analyst Rhona
O'Connell. 
    "The ban on flights out of South Africa goes to hit
valuable metals exports - definitely gold, platinum and palladium
... that are transported by air, and the vast majority of that's on
passenger flights," she stated.                          
    Platinum        eased 0.4% to $1,063.87 after hitting its
highest stage since August 2016 at $1,127.82.
    Silver        gained 3.1% to $27.17 an oz, touching its
highest value since Sept. 15, 2020, earlier, whereas palladium
       dipped by 3.1% to $2,372.92.

 (Reporting by Shreyansi Singh and Asha Sista in Bengaluru
Modifying by David Gregorio and Matthew Lewis)