Spot gold remained at $4,711.00 per ounce, while gold futures fell 0.3% to $4,725.94 per ounce by 10:01 a.m. (06:01 GMT).
Other precious metals were also little changed on Monday: spot silver remained at $75.6975 per ounce, while spot platinum rose 0.5% to $2,023.54 per ounce.
US-Iran Talks Stall, Tehran Proposes Opening Hormuz - Report
Plans for further talks between the US and Iran fell apart over the weekend after Iranian officials left Pakistan, while Washington canceled plans to send a delegation to Islamabad.
Trump said Tehran could call if it wanted to talk and reiterated his position that Iran cannot have nuclear weapons – cited as the primary motivator for the war.
However, an Axios report raised some hopes for de-escalation, stating that Iran had submitted a new proposal to the US to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the war.
Tensions between the US and Iran remained largely unchanged on Monday: the naval blockade against Iran remains in place, while Tehran continues to keep the Strait of Hormuz largely closed.
Markets await the Fed meeting for further cues
This week's focus is squarely on the Federal Reserve meeting, where the central bank is expected to leave interest rates unchanged. Attention will be focused on the Fed's economic forecasts amid heightened uncertainty due to the war with Iran.
This week's meeting is expected to be the last under Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, whose term expires on May 15.
Kevin Warsh, Trump's nominee to replace Powell, told Congress last week that he had made no commitment to lower interest rates. Warsh was also seen as a less dovish choice than markets had expected.
His confirmation as Fed chair is now expected to proceed after Republican Senator Thom Tillis withdrew his objections. This came after the Justice Department dropped its criminal investigation into Powell.
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