Nickel rose 1.7% to $18,289 per tonne, while copper added 1.5% to $9422.31/t, recovering Tuesday's losses.
Aluminium fell by more than 1%, while lead was slightly softer. Comex gold futures rose to $1804.10 an ounce after reaching $1810.20/oz overnight.
Minutes from the June Federal Reserve meeting failed to shed any light for a timeline for tapering of asset purchases.
Ten-year US Treasury yields fell to the lowest point since February.
"Gold looks somewhat cheap as US yields drop to a February low with 10-year real yields almost kissing -1% overnight," Saxo Bank head of commodity strategy Ole Hansen tweeted overnight.
Spot gold was trading at $1803.91/oz and palladium hit a one-month high of $2848.30/oz.
