Gold futures traded near a two-week high after the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation averting income-tax rises for most workers, quelling concern that the so-called fiscal cliff may derail the recovery in the world's biggest economy. Silver, platinum and palladium climbed. Gold for February delivery was little changed at $1,677.20 an ounce at 12:10 p.m. in Singapore, after earlier losing as much as 0.3 percent on the Comex in New York. Futures climbed to $1,681 on Dec. 31, the highest price since Dec. 18, and ended 2012 up 7 percent for a 12th year of gains. The House's 257-167 vote broke a yearlong impasse over how to head off the $600 billion in automatic tax increases and spending cuts that began taking effect yesterday. The Senate had earlier passed the bill 89-8 and it goes to President Barack Obama for his signature.