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Brent crude prices ticked higher on Monday, starting the last week of the quarter on a positive note supported by tight supplies, and Russia's move to temporarily ban gasoline and diesel exports. "This is another bullish development as higher diesel and gasoline prices will increase demand for crude oil from refineries amid rising margins," ANZ analysts Brian Martin & Daniel Hynes wrote in a note, adding European gas prices also got a boost from Moscow's latest move. Gold prices meanwhile ticked lower as the dollar held firm following the U.S. central bank's hawkish signals last week, and palladium (XPDUSD:CUR) was...