Gold stuck around the same price as investors awaited the release of FOMC meeting minutes for more clues on the direction of the Federal Reserve (Fed).
The Asian session saw the yellow metal hovering at $1,923 per ounce, while gold futures traded at $1,931 per ounce.
The latest data showed that the US manufacturing sector continued to contract in June with the lowest reading in nearly three years.
In fact, the measure of inflation released last Friday, personal consumption expenditure (PCE) also showed that inflation in the United States is easing.
However, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell continued to repeat his statement about the possibility that interest rates will be raised further to bring inflation down to the central bank's 2% target.
However, there is some more data for investors to watch this week besides the FOMC minutes, especially the US NFP jobs report.
