On the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, gold delivery rose in June to its highest price of $ 1,184.20 per ounce before trading at $ 1,182.50 per ounce during European trading, up by 8.00 or the equivalent of 0.68%.
During Friday's trading record gold to $ 1,168.40 per ounce, the lowest price since March 19 / March before ending trading down by 7.90 cents, or equivalent to 0.67%, with traders watching the direction of the dollar as a safe bet to raise interest rates by the Federal Reserve continues .
Gold is likely to find support at $ 1,159.70 per ounce, the lowest price since March 19 / March and resistance at 1,214.60 Dularllounsh the highest price since April 28.
Also in the Comex, silver delivery July delivery rose 16.8 cents, or the equivalent of 1.04%, to trade at $ 16.30 an ounce, fell futures for silver rose 1.8 cents, or equivalent to 0.11% on Friday to close at $ 16.13 per ounce .
It rose and the US dollar index, which measures the strength of the dollar against a basket of six major currencies, rose 0.15% to trade at 95.52 on Monday morning. The index fell to its lowest level in nine weeks from 94.47 on April 30.
The dollar also regained some ground, amid signs that the US economy is heading towards stability after the recent wave of weakness.
And reduced US economic data disappointing optimism about the recovery, prompting speculation that the Fed may Aakhrrf interest rates for a long time until late 2015, instead of a mid-year monetary stimulus.
The Fed said in a statement the interest rate in the last week that recent indicators about a slowdown in growth may have been due to "temporary factors."
During this week, investors are awaiting the release of non-farm payrolls report from the United States scheduled on Friday in Chehrnisan / April, in search of new indicators on the strength of the economic recovery.
It was likely that the jobs report adds to the strong non-farm speculation about the start date of the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates, while the decline in the numbers reinforces the Asaralzhb by weakening the argument for a rate hike in early.
Elsewhere in the metals trade, copper delivery in July fell 2.1 cents, or the equivalent of 0.73%, to trade at $ 2.908 a pound. Prices touched US $ 2.937 a pound on Friday, the highest price since December 15, before settling at $ 22.929 a pound, up by 4.3 cents, or the equivalent of 1.49%.
The data showed that manufacturing activity in the private sector of the Chinese shrank at its fastest pace in a year in April / May as new orders fell. The data added to fears of a slowdown in the second largest economy in the world.
Purchases fell Chinese manufacturing PMI to 48.9 in April / May, the lowest level since April / April 2014, where he had scored 49.6 in March / March in below expectations that were looking forward to 49.4.
And remained limited losses amid speculation that policy makers in China may be forced to hold more monetary stimulus to move the economy in light of lackluster growth.
Asian nation is the largest consumer of copper in the world, and account for 40% of global consumption.