Mubasher: Gold grew at Monday’s settlement, amid concerns regarding a global slowdown.

Comex December gold rose by $8.7, or 0.6%, to settle at $1,517.2 per ounce.

By 07:44 pm GMT, the US dollar index (DXY), which measures the US currency against a basket of six major currencies, declined by 0.14% to 97.36.