Expect fair to partly cloudy conditions today with chances of fog and mist formation in some areas
Spot gold was up 1 per cent at $1,503.52 per ounce, as of 0410 GMT. Prices had dipped 1.2 per cent in the previous week on hopes that an end to the US-China trade tiff could be near.
The attacks on Saudi oil installations have lead to a rotation of interests out of stocks and into safe-havens, said OANDA analyst Jeffrey Halley.
Investors also await the outcome of the US Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan's policy meetings on Wednesday, for signals on their future policy path.
"Accommodative monetary policy by global central banks will support bullion's appeal for 2H 2019," Phillip Futures analyst Benjamin Lu said in a note. Central banks globally are facing increasing pressure to dole out monetary support for flagging economies as the US-China trade dispute hurt trade and business sentiment. Lower interest rates reduce the opportunity cost of holding non-yielding bullion and weigh on the dollar.
The dollar fell while safe havens and currencies of oil-producing countries rallied on Monday, following an attack on Saudi Arabian refining facilities that disrupted global oil supply and heightened Middle East tensions.
In India, a major importer of crude, the rupee fell almost 0.7per cent.
Against a basket of currencies the dollar edged lower to 98.162.
Beyond oil, currency markets are awaiting the outcome of central bank meetings in the US and Japan this week and economic data in Australia and New Zealand that could determine the rates outlook in the Antipodes.
Japanese markets are closed on Monday for a public holiday.
The euro was steady at $1.1073.
Expect fair to partly cloudy conditions today with chances of fog and mist formation in some areas
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