Spot gold slipped below $4,330/oz, down 0.26% intraday.

South Korean and Swedish nuclear regulators will meet Monday in Seoul to discuss policy and regulatory issues including high-level radioactive waste (HLW) disposal and small modular reactors (SMRs), YONHAP reports. The meeting is part of cooperation under a 2014 memorandum of understanding. Sweden, a leader in HLW disposal technology, is the second country after Finland to build a deep geological repository. South Korea's nuclear regulator said it plans to use the collaboration to strengthen oversight capacity for HLW disposal facilities.

Bank of Japan July meeting minutes: one member said producer prices rose on higher import costs, but consumer inflation remains below 2%.