* Spot gold scaled highest level since June 5 earlier
* Crude oil, 10-year US Treasury yields at over one-week
high
* US CPI report due on Wednesday, PPI data on Thursday
* Trump demands Iranian reparations
(Updates for EMEA morning session)
By Pablo Sinha
Aug 11 (Reuters) - Gold prices fell on Tuesday after hitting
a more than two-month high earlier in the session, as fading
hopes for a U.S.-Iran peace deal lifted oil prices and fuelled
concerns that inflation and interest rates could remain
elevated.
Spot gold was down 0.4% to $4,371.92 per ounce by
0855 GMT, after hitting its highest level since June 5 earlier
at $4,434.84.
U.S. gold futures rose 0.3% to $4,430.80.
Yields on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note
rose to an over one-week high, increasing the
opportunity cost of holding bullion.
"The rise in oil prices has provided a boost to U.S.
Treasury yields, which is weighing on gold prices," said Hamad
Hussain, a climate and commodities economist at Capital
Economics.
Oil prices rose after U.S. President Donald Trump responded to
Iran's conditions for a peace deal by demanding that Tehran pay
compensation for people killed in wars, attacks and protests.
The comments added to uncertainty over efforts to reopen the
Strait of Hormuz.
Higher oil prices could add to inflation pressures and keep
interest rates elevated, making non-yielding gold less
attractive.
Traders are currently pricing a 52% chance of an
interest-rate hike in September, up from 44% on Monday,
according to the CME FedWatch Tool.
Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Beth Hammack said on
Monday she believed the time was right to begin raising interest
rates gradually so as to avoid the need for sharper increases
later.
Investors are now awaiting U.S. consumer price data due on
Wednesday and producer price data on Thursday for further clues
on the Fed's policy outlook.
"A hotter-than-expected inflation print could justify the
case for an interest rate hike at the Fed's next meeting and, as
a result, put further downward pressure on gold prices," Hussain
added.
Among other metals, spot silver fell 1.5% to $64.74,
platinum gained 0.4% to $1,760.15 and palladium
declined 0.4% to $1,377.81.