By Deborah Levine
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures rose early Wednesday, after touching a tow-month low earlier this week, as traders focus on technical factors amid nervousness before the results of European banks' stress tests on Friday and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony to Congress starting later in the session. Gold futures for August delivery rose $4.20, or 0.4%, to $1,196.10. It touched a high of $1,260 about a month ago.