* Silver fixes higher, at 2,353.00 cents an ounce, against
2,303.00 at the previous London fixing. Spot price XAG= last
quoted at $23.48 an ounce, up from $23.28 the day before, buoyed
by positive tone across commodity markets after the Federal
Reserve indicated it could take action to support growth,
battering the U.S. dollar.
* Forward rates quoted on Reuters page SIFO at 0.54, 0.55,
0.56, 0.58 and 0.61 percent for one, two, three, six and 12
months, respectively.
* Gold XAU= last at $1,356.90 an ounce by 1116 GMT, up from
$1,349.60 on Tuesday, near its highest in nearly a week, driven
by the dollar's fall.
* Platinum XPT= quoted at $1,696.50 an ounce, up from $1,675
the previous day.
* Palladium XPD= rallies by more than 2 percent to $592.00,
helped by the weaker dollar and evidence of strong investor
demand, as reflected in a sharp rise in outstanding shares in
the world's largest palladium-backed exchange-traded fund, ETF
Securities' U.S. palladium fund (PALL.P).
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