* Spot gold added US$1.65 an ounce to US$1,452.25 an ounce by 0028 GMT, not far from a record of US$1,456.85 hit on April 5.
* Spot silver eased 11 cents to US$39.12 an ounce, having rallied to US$39.29 on April 5, its highest since early 1980.

* U.S gold futures for June rose US$1.5 an ounce to US$1,454.0 an ounce.

* The world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, SPDR Gold Trust, said its holdings inched up to 1,212.745 tonnes by April 5 from 1,211.229 tonnes on March 31.

* US corn futures edged lower in early Asian trading on April 6 after racing to a record high in the previous session, spurred by thin US supplies.

* The same day, the Japanese currency extended its decline early in Asia, hitting fresh 11-month lows against the euro and the Australian dollar and looking to deepen its losses as technical support levels threaten to give way.

* Brent crude jumped to a 2- year peak above US$122 a barrel on April 5, gaining for a fourth straight day as conflict and unrest in Africa and the Middle East more than offset China's latest interest rate hike.