The precious metal held above the $ 1,800 price level in early trading in the week after recovering from a two-month low posted last week at $ 1,784 per anuns.
At the start of the European session, gold prices were seen loosening around the $ 1,815 per aun face price, while greenback dollar trading also exhibited a flattening move.
The US dollar fell from a two-month high on Friday after United States jobs data had revived market uncertainty about the country's slow economic recovery.
However, this decline failed to provide any incentive for the yellow metal to advance higher given the 10-year mark US treasury yield level is still at its highest since last year's Mac.
In addition, the positive market for reducing coronavirus outbreaks around the world, especially in Europe, is not only supported by the launch of the Covid-19 vaccine, but also limits the increase in gold trading.
Markets are now looking forward to the publication of Wednesday's US inflation data which are expected to show an increase in January.
