Spot gold has risen about 20 per cent this year, hitting a three-week high of $5,248.89 an ounce on Tuesday that was off its January 29 all time high of $5,594.82
Bullion climbed as much as 1.3 per cent to above $5,170 an ounce. Trump said Saturday he would impose a global tariff of 15 per cent to preserve protective trade measures