Gold price today: Bullion snaps back toward $5,100 as U.S.-Iran tensions flare
Spot gold jumped nearly 3% to $5,082.94 an ounce early Wednesday after the U.S. military shot down an Iranian drone near a carrier in the Arabian Sea. U.S. gold futures for April rose 3.4% to $5,103.50. The official U.S. jobs report was postponed due to a government shutdown, shifting market focus to private payrolls data.