Gold prices rose on Thursday as traders awaited U.S. inflation data due later in the day for clues on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy path.
Spot gold rose 0.2 percent to $2,613.70 an ounce by 0602 GMT, after falling in the past six sessions. Prices hit a record high last month.
U.S. gold futures also rose 0.2 percent to $2,630.80.
The US Consumer Price Index for September is due at 1230 GMT and the Producer Price Index data is due on Friday.
According to the CME FedWatch tool, markets are pricing in an 85 percent chance that the Fed will cut interest rates by 25 basis points in November.
According to the minutes of the latest Federal Reserve meeting, a large majority of Fed officials at the September meeting supported starting a monetary easing cycle with a large half-point interest rate cut, but agreed that further easing would be data-driven.
As for other precious metals, silver rose in spot transactions by 0.1 percent to $30.48 per ounce.
Platinum rose 1.5 percent to $959.56, and palladium rose 1 percent to $1,049.50.
