Today, gold prices held near a two-week high scaled in the previous session as uncertainty prevailed over the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the global economy.

Spot gold was little changed at $1,582.08 per ounce, as of 07:01 GMT, touching its highest since February 3 at $1,584.65 on Friday.

However, U.S. gold futures were down about 0.1% at $1,585.30.