Gold prices traded lower on Monday, with a firmer dollar and weakening expectations of an early interest rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve weighing on the precious metal.
Spot gold was down a little over 1 percent at $5,117.39 an ounce while U.S. gold futures were down 0.6 percent at $5,127.05.
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