The dollar rose on the New York Mercantile Exchange gold futures closed mostly down 25.
Among them, the February gold contract fell $ 12.20, down 0.9%, to close at 1,332.30 U.S. dollars / ounce, the highest since October 27 last year, the lowest since.
Olympus Futures Chicago, senior market analyst Charles Nedoss said the influx of hot money is the stock market, for which the charm of gold investment decreased.
However, Charles Nedoss that from the long term, gold bullish trend.
Charles Nedoss pointed out that some of the stock market's performance beyond its proper level, particularly in employment and real estate market situation is still fragile. Therefore, as a safe-haven assets of gold still have a chance to regain the favor of investors.
Weak trend of gold futures last week, as investors in the strong U.S. economic data and corporate earnings front, more of the money threw high-risk assets.