Gold has seen its biggest rally since the Brexit vote as the market is taken aback by the Trump victory.
At one point it was up 5% as polls showed a shift in the lead from Clinton to Trump. It had recorded a 2.6% gain to $1,308 per ounce as the UK stock market opened on Wednesday.
The precious metal jumped nearly 8% on the EU referendum outcome but ended the day up 4.8%.
Gold miners dominated the leaderboard of rising stocks on the UK market.
Sixteen of the top 20 risers on London's Main Market and AIM were gold stocks in the first 15 minutes of trading on 9 November.
Avocet Mining (AVM) jumped 27%; Fresnillo (FRES) advanced 13%; Acacia Mining (ACA) was up 10% and Randgold Resources (RRS) moved 9% ahead.
Oil prices moved the other way on the US election result. Brent crude (European benchmark) futures were down 1.4% to $45.41. West Texas Intermediate (US benchmark) prices retreated to $44.36 per barrel, according to Reuters data.
Royal Dutch Shell (RDSB) fell 1.8% and BP (BP.) was down 1.7%.
Copper also fell back on the news. Having enjoyed a strong rally earlier this week, the base metal fell 0.3% to $5,218 per tonne.
Interestingly, not all the big copper miners followed the commodity price downwards. Antofagasta (ANTO) was up 4.2% in early trading in comparison to a 1.7% decline in Kaz Minerals (KAZ).
