 By Marcy Nicholson and Jan Harvey NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Gold bounced up from a two-month low on Friday, on concerns stoked by a Russian report that North Korea is preparing to test a long-range missile and on support from the U.S. dollar's shift into negative territory. "The Russian report of a looming North Korean missile test that could reach the west coast of the United States combined with a weakening dollar goosed gold from two-month lows," said Tai Wong, head of base and precious metals trading at BMO Capital Markets in New York. "Gold has slumped 7 percent over the past month, which is making speculative shorts wary at current levels so we may see $1,300 before $1,250." Spot gold rose 0.4 percent at $1,273.06 an ounce by 2:40 p.m. EDT (1840 GMT).
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