Mubasher: Gold went down at Tuesday’s finish, as the US dollar strengthened.

Comex December gold declined by $3.1, or 0.2%, to settle at $1,514.1 per ounce.

By 06:42 pm GMT, the US dollar index (DXY), which measures the US currency against a basket of six major currencies, increased by 0.42% to 97.79.