Bank officials have consistently sought to assure markets that the expected surge in inflation will be temporary and monetary policy will be kept accommodative for as long as the economy needs it.
Support is at $1,886, a break below which could cause a fall into $1,864-$1,877 range. On the daily chart, gold seems to be rising towards the peak of a wave B at $1,959.01, as it has broken a falling trendline and a key resistance at $1,874.
Bitcoin pushed to a new record of $47,492.93 after getting a huge boost from news that Elon Musk's electric carmaker Tesla had invested $1.5 billion in the cryptocurrency and said it would soon accept it as payment.
SoftBank Group was down 1.13 percent at 8,393 yen following reports that it applied for an initial public offering of a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) called SVF Investment to raise up to $525 million.