(Kitco NewsWire) – Spot gold and silver prices were sharply higher in early U.S. trading Wednesday, as Democrats' sweeping victories in the U.S. midterm elections sent the dollar and Treasury yields lower, encouraging renewed buying interest in precious metals.

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