• Subdued USD demand lends some support.
• Risk-off mood provides an additional boost.
• Fed rate hike prospects to cap strong gains.
Gold consolidated Friday's downfall to over 2-week lows and was seen oscillating in a narrow trading band around the $1330 region.
Friday's robust US jobs data raised prospects of at least three rate hike moves by the US Federal Reserve and prompted some aggressive selling around the non-yielding yellow metal.
The US Dollar rebound, however, lacked any strong follow-through traction at the start of a new trading week and was eventually seen lending some support to dollar-denominated commodities - like gold.
Adding to this, a fresh wave of global risk aversion trade, as depicted by a selloff across equity markets, underpinned demand for traditional safe-haven assets and further collaborated towards limiting any further downside.
Later during the early NA session, the release of US ISM non-manufacturing PMI, the key highlight of today's US economic docket, would now be looked upon for some fresh trading impetus.
Technical levels to watch
Immediate support is pegged near the $1328-26 region, which if broken could accelerate the fall towards $1320 horizontal level en-route $1312 important support. On the upside, any meaningful bounce is likely to confront immediate resistance near $1337 level, above which the commodity could head back towards testing $1350 supply zone.
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