Gold fell in the Asian session on Thursday but remained above $ 1,800 for the third day in a row. Gold futures fell 0.04% at $ 1819.95 (3:22 GMT), the yellow metal managed to maintain gains of the previous four sessions. Covid-19 outbreaks and lockdowns resulted in investors going to safe assets and precious metal rose to levels not seen since 2011.
The number of global cases topped 12 million as of July 9, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
Investors are cautiously looking to key earnings reports of companies such as Amazon, Apple, and others due out.