Gold prices are trading today at around 2,056.
Gold prices rose in Asian trade on Monday, recouping most of their new year’s losses as persistent tensions in the Middle East drove safe-haven demand, while traders still held out for early interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.
The yellow metal saw increased demand as a conflict between the U.S. and the Iran-aligned Houthi group escalated over the past week, marking a potential spillover in the Israel-Hamas war.
Mixed U.S. inflation readings also saw traders largely maintain their bets that the Fed could begin cutting interest rates by as soon as March 2024, which kept the dollar subdued and spurred some flows into rate-sensitive assets.