CAPITALS (WAM)

Gold prices were little changed on Monday, holding near a one-week high hit on Friday.

Spot gold was nearly steady at US$4,379.74 per ounce by 00:27 GMT, while US gold futures for December delivery fell 0.1 percent to $4,419.40.

Among other precious metals, spot silver rose 0.8 percent to $66.76 per ounce, platinum gained 0.2 percent to $1,804.33 and palladium added 0.7 percent to $1,311.65.