Gold prices held steady to lower in early Asia on Tuesday as investors eyed easy monetary policy in China and continued import restriction in India On the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, gold futures for April delivery fell 0.02% to $1,206.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, silver futures for May delivery rose 0.20% to $16.418 a troy ounce. Elsewhere on Comex, copper for May delivery fell 0.07% to $2.693 a pound. Overnight, gold prices slipped on Monday afternoon, after reaching a two-week high, amid conflicting reports about demand from the world's two largest purchasers of the precious metal.