BENGALURU — Gold inched lower on Wednesday to touch a one-week low, after suffering its biggest single-day loss in nearly a month in the previous session, on a firmer dollar.The safe haven asset slid nearly 1% on Tuesday, its biggest single session percentage loss since August 30, as investors considered Democrat Hillary Clinton the winner of the first US presidential debate against Republican rival Donald Trump, boosting the appetite for riskier assets like equities.Spot gold fell 0.2% to $1,324.71/oz by 4.30am GMT on Wednesday, and touched a bottom of $1,324.35, the lowest since September 21. US gold futures eased 0.1% to $1,328.50/oz."Demand for gold as a safe haven has fallen, simply because Hillary has more or less trumped over Trump in the presidential debate," said OCBC Bank analyst Barnabas Gan."Falling gold prices suggest that market watchers look at Hillary as a safer bet than Trump."Markets have tended to see Clinton as the candidate of the status quo, while few are sure ...
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