TOKYO, April 20 (Reuters) - Gold prices steadied above two-week lows on Tuesday, but investors remained cautious about potential fallout from fraud charges against Goldman Sachs and currency volatility on Greece's debt problems. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold were little changed at $1,134.00 per ounce from New York's notional close of $1,134.60 an ounce. * U.S. gold futures for June delivery were at $1,134.50 per ounce, compared with Monday's $1,135.80 on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. * On Monday, investors took the opportunity to cash in profits on gold, which has rallied about $100 since early February, pushing it down to a two-week low. * Investors were cautious about potential fallout from fraud charges that U.S. authorities have levelled at leading commodities player and investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc . * Gold tumbled 2 percent on Friday. * The world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, the SPDR Gold Trust , said its holdings stood at 1,141.041 tonnes as of April 19, unchanged from the previous business day and the same as a record first marked on April 9. [GOL/SPDR] MARKET NEWS * U.S. stocks rose late on Monday as investors reassessed the potential damage of the fraud case against Goldman and earnings optimism grew. [.N] * The dollar was slightly weaker against a basket of major currencies on Tuesday, after rising the previous day when concerns over the charges against Goldman and a delay in planned talks on an aid package for Greece stoked safe-haven demand for the U.S. currency. [USD/] * AngloGold Ashanti, the world's No. 3 gold producer, could invest $2.5 billion to $3 billion to build a gold mine in Colombia if feasibilities studies show the project is viable, a top executive said. [ID:nN19229242] * Gold mining companies will invest as much as $4.5 billion over the next ten years in Colombia, attracted by rich unexplored areas and soaring prices, the head of the country's Asomineros miners group told Reuters. [ID:nN19211033] DATA EVENTS * The following data is expected on Tuesday: - Germany March PPI. (0600 GMT) - Euro zone February current account. (0800 GMT) - Euro zone February investment flows. (0800 GMT) - UK March inflation data. (0830 GMT) - Germany April ZEW. (0900 GMT) - ICSC/Goldman Sachs weekly U.S. chain store sales. (1145 GMT) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testify. (1500 GMT) - ABC U.S. weekly consumer comfort index. (2100 GMT) RELATED NEWS >Gold drops but off lows; eyes Goldman fallout [GOL/] >Oil, copper, CRB hit 3-week lows on Goldman [COM/WRAP] >US will act if China does not revalue-lawmaker [ID:nN19216195] >Temasek, APG plan to acquire stakes in Platmin [ID:nN19196762] PRICES Precious metals prices at 2332 GMT Metal Last Change Pct chg 2 Day chg MA 30 RSI Spot gold $1136.70 $2.10 +0.19% -1.83% $1123.81 47 Spot silver $17.75 $0.04 +0.23% -2.37% $17.54 44 Spot plat $1692.00 -$1.50 -0.09% +0.12% $1652.17 51 COMEX gold $1135.90 $0.70 +0.06% -0.04% $1126.62 44 TOCOM gold 3,370 12 +0.36% -1.66% 3,362 40 TOCOM plat 4,992 62 +1.26% -1.64% 4,927 46 Currencies Euro/dlr $1.349 $0.000 +0.01% +0.16% Dlr/yen 92.47 0.00 +0.00% +0.65% TOCOM prices in yen per gram. Spot prices in $ per ounce. (Reporting by Chikako Mogi; Editing by Joseph Radford)

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