Gold prices slipped on Wednesday morning in Asia, easing back from the three-month highs reached in the previous session amid hightened geopolitical tensions.

Gold futures for December delivery inched down 0.05% to $1,236.1 per troy ounce at 10:26PM ET (02:26 GMT) on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, after hitting a three-month high of $1,242.8 on Tuesday. The U.S. dollar index dipped to 95.72.