US presidential election. Spot gold traded 0.4% higher at $1,913.90 an ounce, recovering from earlier loss of 0.8%. Silver prices jumped 0.9% to $23.9992 an ounce, also recovering from a 1.3% loss.Among other commodities oil and copper prices plunged today while Dow futures were down over 1.5% after Donald Trump tweeted that he and the first lady would “begin our quarantine process," shortly after one of his closest aides, Hope Hicks, had fallen ill with the coronavirus.The flight-to-safety also pushed the US dollar higher against a basket of other currencies.