Mubasher: Gold rose at Tuesday’s settlement, marking the highest level since August 2013.

Comex August gold inched up $0.5, or 0.04%, to settle at $1,418.70 per ounce.

By 08:26 pm GMT, the US dollar index (DXY), which measures the US currency against a basket of six major currencies, increased by 0.16% to 96.13.