* Silver fixes at 2,548.0 cents an ounce, compared with 2,602.0
cents at the previous London fixing. Spot price XAG= last up
0.3 percent at $25.50 an ounce, shrugging off the weakness in
the base metals and a softer gold price. Forward rates on
Reuters page SIFO quoted at 0.56 percent, 0.588, 0.615, 0.635
and 0.682 percent for one, two, three, six and twelve months,
respectively.
* Gold XAU= last flat on the day at $1,359.30 an ounce at
1227 GMT, having earlier hit a two-week low of $1,355.15. A
stronger dollar offsets the impact of investor concern stemming
from the unfolding Irish debt crisis.
* Platinum XPT= comes under modest pressure, falls 0.3
percent on the day to $1,664.74 an ounce, while palladium XPD=
is also down 0.3 percent at $666.22.
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