Gold prices rise in volatile trading with the decline of the dollar

Gold prices rose in choppy trading on Monday, boosted by a weaker dollar, although some investors’ shift to riskier assets in Asia limited those gains.

And gold rose in spot transactions 0.2 percent to $ 1856.86 an ounce at 0152 GMT. US futures rose 0.1 percent to $1,859.40 an ounce.

As for other precious metals, silver rose in spot transactions 0.1 percent to $22.13 an ounce, platinum rose 0.1 percent to $954.51 and palladium rose 0.8 percent to $2079.39.