Read from bottom up... 8:33a December gold futures down $7.20, or 0.6%, to $1,193.50 an ounce 8:33a Gold futures remain lower after economic data 8:31a ICE U.S. Dollar Index up 0.1% at 96.861 8:31a Dollar gauge holds modest gain after economic reports 8:31a 10-year yield at 2.873%; 2-year yield at 2.629%; 30-year yield at 3.041% 8:30a Treasury yields pare decline after retail sales, productivity data 8:30a U.S. stock-index futures hold losses after retail-sales data 8:30a Unit-labor costs drop 0.9% in second quarter 8:30a Hours worked in 2nd quarter rises 1.9% 8:30a Second-quarter output advances 4.8% 8:30a Increase in productivity highest in more than 3 years 8:30a Second-quarter U.S. productivity climbs 2.9% 8:30a Increase in June retail sales cut to 0.2% from 0.5% 8:30a Retail sales minus autos and gas also up 0.6% 8:30a Retail sales minus autos rise 0.6% in July 8:30a U.S. retail sales increase 0.5% in July 8:30a Empire State index climbs 3 points to 25.6 in August 8:30a Empire State index in August higher than consensus of 20