Elsewhere, silver also recovered smartly on the back of heavy speculative offtake.
Standard gold (99.5 purity) rose by Rs 75 to settle at Rs 25,325 per 10 grams from Monday's closing level of Rs 25,250.
Pure gold (99.9 purity) also added by a similar margin to end at Rs 25,475 per 10 grams as compared to Rs 25,400.
Silver (.999 fineness) jumped by Rs 360 per kg to finish at Rs 34,685 from Rs 34,325 earlier.
Spot was substantially higher at USD 1,073.40 an ounce in early European trade, while silver rose to USD 14.12 an ounce mark.
