Investing.com - Gold prices dipped in Asia on Tuesday with civil unrest in Hong Kong a continued focus as is data from China on manufacturing.
On the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, gold futures for December delivery traded at $1,215.90 a troy oune, down 0.04%, after hitting an overnight session low of $1,215.90 and off a high of $1,223.90.
In China, HSBC/Markit is due to release the final reading of their September PMI at 0945 local (0145 GMT). The flash reading, released last week, showed a surprise uptick to 50.5 from August's final 50.2, helping lift sentiment.
Overnight, gold futures came off earlier highs in trading after the dollar recovered from mixed U.S. data.
Gold prices remained in positive territory despite the dollar's recovery after investors digested mixed U.S. data and determined the economy is still gaining steam.
The National Association of Realtors reported earlier that its pending home sales index fell 1.0% to 104.7 in August from 105.8 in July. Economists had expected the index to tick down 0.1% last month.
Separately, the Commerce Department said that U.S. personal spending rose 0.5% in August, beating expectations for an increase of 0.4%, after a 0.1% dip in July.
The report also showed that personal income, reflecting income from wages, investment, and government aid, rose 0.3%, up from 0.2% in July, broadly in line with forecasts.
Elsewhere, gold prices remained elevated due to safe-haven demand after a wave of protests in Hong Kong spooked investors worldwide.
Pro-democracy protestors clashed with police on Monday, angry at China's move to vet all candidates running in the city's elections for chief executive in 2017.
Silver for December delivery was down 0.06% at $17.473 a troy ounce. Copper futures for December delivery were down 0.12% at $3.044 a pound.