Gold edges higher in thin trade after holiday weekend

By Swati Verma BENGALURU (Reuters) - Gold prices rose slightly on Tuesday but trading was thin as investors looked for directions after the long Christmas weekend, even as a firm dollar capped gains. "People are waiting until Trump becomes the U.S. President and until we see his real policies or what he will do when he takes the office," said Yuichi Ikemizu, head of commodity trading at Standard Bank in Tokyo. "People are just watching the other markets like dollar and stock markets and kind of