The spot gold price on the global market closed at $2,053.2 USD/ounce, while futures gold settled at $2,064.5 USD/ounce during the Christmas holiday period.
Last week, gold prices surged in the final trading session, buoyed by a weakening US dollar and declining yields on US treasury bonds, ending the trading week at their highest level in over 2 weeks.
Latest data releases indicate easing price pressures in the US, further fueling expectations of an imminent interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve.