It reiterated that pilgrims require a Haj visa and it can be obtained through recognised official channels
"I think we have the last bearish news, which is the tax reform, and that is negative for gold so we expect gold to stay pretty depressed," said Richard Xu, a fund manager at China's biggest gold exchange-traded fund, HuaAn Gold.
The U.S. tax bill, which would cut taxes for businesses and the rich while offering everyday Americans a mixed bag of changes, has helped drive the surge in equity markets this year.
Asian shares gained on Monday, pulled higher by Wall Street, which hit record highs on expectations US lawmakers will pass the long-awaited bill.
Expectations that tax cuts would spur economic growth and prompt faster interest rate rises in the United States have boosted the dollar and weighed on gold.
Spot gold faces a resistance at $1,262 per ounce and may hover below this level or retrace to a support at $1,239, Reuters technicals analyst Wang Tao said.
Hedge funds and money managers cut their net long positions in COMEX gold contracts in the week to December 12, while they switched to a net short stance in silver for the first time in five months, US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data showed on Friday.
In other precious metals, silver and palladium were nearly unchanged at $16.04 per ounce and $1,022.95 per ounce, respectively.
Platinum was 0.3 per cent lower at $890.50 an ounce, after earlier touching its best since December 8 at $896.80.
It reiterated that pilgrims require a Haj visa and it can be obtained through recognised official channels
The 18-year-old was taken to hospital in a serious condition
The brothers, who say they are innocent, are accused of having formed an organised criminal network in early 2021 in Romania, as well as in the US and Britain
The left-handed batter scored 3369 runs in 136 one-day internationals and 2893 in 140 Twenty20 internationals — both Pakistan records
Food supplies were distributed to 80 households
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