The yellow metal was trading around Rs.31,813 per 10 grams at the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) for the December contract.
“Gold is expected to go up as investors await decision on the fiscal cliff and Greece bailout,” said a report by Emkay commodity research.
In the international market, gold prices edged up, following the positive Chinese manufacturing data and hopes that a bailout deal for Greece may eventually be agreed boosted stocks and lifted the euro to three-week highs versus the dollar.
Meanwhile, spot gold was up 0.06% at $1,729.56 an ounce.