Oct 3 (Reuters) - * Spot gold at $838.30/840.30 an ounce at 1520 GMT after earlier hitting a two-week low of $818.70. Late in New York on Thursday it was at $835 an ounce. * Higher dollar weighs on gold market sentiment as market waits for news of an expected vote by the U.S. Congress on a $700 billion bailout package for financial firms. * Platinum at $963/983 from $960. Earlier it hit a near-three year low of $936.50 an ounce. * Platinum used in autocatalysts is down about 50 percent since a record high of $2,290 in March on economic weakness and falling car sales, especially in the United States. * Silver tracks gold higher, up about 5 percent at $11.58/11.66 from $10.79 on Thursday. * Palladium at $195/205 from $191.50. For related news and prices, click on the codes in brackets: Spot gold/silver Platinum/palladium Gold lease rates Comex gold futures Europe/Asia prices CBOT 100 oz gold futures RELATED NEWS AND OTHER TOPICS Precious metals news All metals news Metals summary Index of summaries All commodities news Metals diary Ldn Bullion Mkt Assoc Foreign exchange rates SPEED GUIDES tf.TFN-Europe_newsdesk@thomsonreuters.com cmr

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