SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Gold edged lower on Friday as investors waited for an OPEC consulative meeting which could support bullion if the group agreed to cut oil output.
-- Gold was trading at $812.80 an ounce, down $1.80 from Thursday's levels, and off a six-week high of $830.10 hit on Tuesday.
-- Oil CLc1 fell further on Friday on demand worries. Venezuela's oil minister, Rafael Ramirez, has said the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries might agree to cut production at its special informal meeting on Saturday in
Cairo.
-- The euro barely changed at $1.2888 . Trading was muted due to the Thanksgiving Day holiday in the United States.
-- The Nikkei average edged up 0.3 percent on Friday after government data showed Japan's unemployment fell unexpectedly in October, prompting investors to pick up stocks.
-- Platinum was trading at $855.00 an ounce, up $2.00 from Thursday's levels.
-- New York gold futures GCZ9 added $3.5 an ounce to $814.8 in electronic trade.
