Shortly after midday, spot gold on the London Metal Exchange rose to $1,654.58 per ounce. Meanwhile, in the United States gold increased 0.2% to be getting on $1,658 dollars.

As to spot silver, it rose 0.4% to $19.34 per ounce, platinum lowed 0.8% to $917.53 and palladium dropped 2.1% to $1,926.75.

On Tuesday, the USD index was down about 0.9%, making gold less expensive for foreign buyers.

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