Gold snaps two-day decline as equities retreat

By Jan Harvey LONDON (Reuters) - Gold rose on Tuesday, snapping two days of losses and recovering from an early dive below $1,200 an ounce as stock markets swung lower, boosting interest in the metal as a haven from risk Spot gold was up 0.2 percent at $1,211.68 an ounce by 1045 GMT, having earlier fallen as low as $1,190.40. Heightened stock market volatility and fears that a slowdown in China could spill into the wider markets has led investors to cut the number of interest rate increases they