Gold prices fell 0.2% on Monday’s trading session, following sharp losses of 3.2% in the previous session—the longest daily losing streak since early June.
The yellow metal is currently trading below the weekly pivot point of $4,532, as it looks to test the first weekly support level at $4,368. A break below this level is likely to lead to further losses, with the next support level at $4,281.
If gold manages to break above the weekly pivot point of $4,532, it will test resistance levels near $4,619 then $4,784.

In terms of geopolitical tension, U.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers on Iran’s Larak Island on Sunday, a U.S. official said, marking the first known American strikes on Iran since late July.
Iran responded by attacking U.S. forces stationed in Jordan, according to a Fox News reporter on Sunday, citing a U.S. source. Nearly all incoming missiles “have been intercepted at this point,” the reporter’s X post said, noting that there had been no significant impact so far.
Of the initial U.S. strikes, the U.S. official said, “I can confirm that earlier today U.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces were observed preparing to launch rockets with sea mines into Strait of Hormuz.”
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said the attack killed and wounded several soldiers and citizens and would be met with a “response and punishment” from Tehran, Iranian state media reported.
On the economic data front, Headlining the economic calendar this week will be the August U.S. jobs report, a figure which could sway the trajectory of Federal Reserve interest rate policy.
The U.S. economy is expected to have added 58,000 jobs last month, following a loss of 23,000 jobs in July—one of the weakest employment readings in recent times. The unemployment rate is also seen at 4.1%, matching the prior month.
Beyond the jobs data, figures gauging manufacturing and services activity from the Institute for Supply Management will be in focus.
ISM’s purchasing managers’ index, a tracker of the U.S. manufacturing sector, is tipped to come in at 55.2 in August, compared to 55.6 in the preceding month. A reading above 50 denotes expansion in manufacturing.


