Gold is currently near a three-month low at $1,091.20 (+0.28%) amid an imminent Fed's rate hike.
A stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs report, which was released on Friday, added to the speculation that the Federal Open Market Committee could conduct the first rate hike in nearly a decade in December. Higher rates would harm demand for the non-interest-bearing precious metal.
"We may see occasional spurts of buying, but gold remains on a downtrend," an analyst at Huatai Great Wall Futures Co. said.