On the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, gold futures for March delivery added 0.04% to USD1,667.65 per troy ounce in Asian trading Monday. The contract traded as high as USD1,669.75 and as low as USD1,666.90 per ounce.
Gold prices were likely to find support at USD1,653.35 a troy ounce, the low from January 28 and near-term resistance at USD1,685.65, February 5’s high. Last week, gold futures fell modestly, losing 0.1%.