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

Comex December gold surged $26.5, or 1.7%, to settle at $1,555.9 per ounce.

By 06:16 pm GMT, the US dollar index (DXY), which measures the US currency against a basket of six major currencies, edged up 0.01% to 98.93.