Gold futures rose on Monday, as the US dollar fell against its peers, amid renewed concerns over the coronavirus crisis.
The World Health Organization stressed that it does not expect the coronavirus crisis to end soon, as matter get worse and the virus is still spreading, which will leave permanent changes in our lives.
The White House chief economic advisor Larry Kudlow stressed that the new stimulus package to ease the coronavirus effects will pass anyways, despite the ongoing debate in Congress.
The dollar index fell against a basket of currencies by 0.2% to 96.4 as of 21:19 GMT, after hitting a high of 96.6 and a low of 96.2.
Silver September futures rose 0.7% to close at $1,814.1 an ounce, with a day high of $1,818.8 and a low of $1,802.1.