SINGAPORE, April 11 (Reuters) - Gold jumped to a record high for a fifth straight trading day on Monday as the euro rose to 15-month highs against the U.S. dollar, while firm oil prices and an increase in ETF holdings to an all-time high helped silver hit a 31-year high above $41 an ounce.
FUNDAMENTALS
* Spot gold added $2.55 an ounce to $1,475.25 an ounce by 0036 GMT, having risen as high as $1,476.21 -- its highest ever.
* Spot silver rose as high as $41.32 an ounce, its strongest since 1981.
* IShares Silver Trust said its holdings hit another record at 11,242.89 tonnes by April 8 from 11,192.80 tonnes on April 7.
* U.S. gold futures for June added $2.50 an ounce to $1,476.6 an ounce after rising to a record at $1,478 an ounce.
MARKET NEWS
* The yen stayed on the backfoot early in Asia on Monday, while while the euro extended gains to 15-month highs around $1.4488 , paving the way for a test of $1.4582, the January 2010 high.
* U.S. crude futures rose above $113 a barrel on Monday, their highest level since September 2008, as a weak dollar continued to support a recent rally in commodities.
* Japan's Nikkei benchmark fell on Monday after higher oil prices hit U.S. stocks on Friday, but buying in reconstruction-related stocks may lend support, keeping trade confined to a narrow range.
DATA EVENTS (GMT)
0530 India Industrial Output y/y Feb 2011
0645 France Industrial output mm Feb 2011
0800 Italy Industrial output yy WDA Feb 2011
2350 Japan Bank lending yy Mar 2011
Precious metals prices 0036 GMT Metal Last Change Pct chg YTD pct chg Turnover Spot Gold 1475.25 2.55 +0.17 3.93 Spot Silver 41.24 0.39 +0.95 33.64 Spot Platinum 1812.49 8.74 +0.48 2.55 Spot Palladium 800.22 9.47 +1.20 0.09 TOCOM Gold 4041.00 18.00 +0.45 8.37 29103 TOCOM Platinum 4972.00 26.00 +0.53 5.88 6647 TOCOM Silver 112.90 3.00 +2.73 39.38 1301 TOCOM Palladium 2199.00 35.00 +1.62 4.86 255 Euro/Dollar 1.4450 Dollar/Yen 84.99 TOCOM prices in yen per gram. Spot prices in $ per ounce.
(Reporting by Lewa Pardomuan; Editing by Michael Urquhart)
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