Gold prices held steady on Monday, with investors awaiting key US inflation data due later this week to gauge the size of the Federal Reserve's likely interest rate cut in September. Spot gold was little changed at $2,425.94 per ounce, and US gold futures slipped 0.3% to $2,464.80. The US producer price index (PPI) is due on Tuesday, followed by consumer price index (CPI) on Wednesday. As for other precious metals, spot silver fell 0.6% to $27.29 per ounce, platinum edged 0.1% higher to $923.20, and palladium was nearly unchanged at $905.00. Source: Qatar News Agency