India, Oct. 22 -- After weeks of steady gains, Gold's record-breaking rally has finally cooled off. Prices tumbled sharply on Tuesday, October 21, marking the biggest single-day sell-off in over a decade.

The gold price today rose modestly in early trade, recovering less than half a percent after the dramatic slide. At 1:46 a.m. ET Wednesday, spot gold was trading at $4,141.48 per troy ounce, up just 0.4%, per CNN.

Tuesday was another story. The metal dropped as much as 6.3% to $4,082.03 an ounce, just a day after touching an all-time high of $4,381.21. U.S. gold futures closed down 5.7% at $4,087.70 - the steepest fall since June 2013. Silver and platinum prices also followed the trend, sliding 6.7% and 7.2% respectively, according to ...