[BRIEFING.COM] The major averages rose to session highs over the last half hour, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (+0.27%) up about 50 points.
Gold futures settled $20.90 higher (+0.8%) to $2,759.80/oz, finding another all-time high today amid U.S. election uncertainty and the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar Index is up less than +0.1% to $104.06.