Gold
Yahoo Finance, delayed · updated
The main safe-haven metal. The site shows the front-month COMEX future, in dollars per troy ounce.
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Gold is down 0.48% over the day, now $4,160.90. Over 30 days −6.0%.
Tilt: bearish. Price is below its long-term average: the long trend points down. A notable fall over the month.
Fed rate decision, Oct 28 (market prices: hold 82%).
Price history
Daily closes · Yahoo Finance
What is behind the price
Curve
Contract prices by delivery month
Far contracts trade above near ones: contango. Supply is usually ample and storage pays.
Source: CME/NYMEX/COMEX via Yahoo Finance · updated
Real yields
US 10-year real yield
Gold pays no interest, so the higher real bond yields go, the costlier it is to hold. The link is not constant: central-bank buying has broken it in recent years.
Source: FRED · DFII10
Key numbers
- Price
- $4,160.90
- Previous close
- $4,181.10
- 7 days
- −0.71%
- 30 days
- −5.97%
- 1 year
- −1.24%
- 52-week high
- $5,586.20
- 52-week low
- $3,901.30
- 200-day average
- $4,539.80
- Quote time
- Oct 19, 16:43 UTC
- Source
- Yahoo Finance (delayed)
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What is Gold?
The main safe-haven metal. The site shows the front-month COMEX future, in dollars per troy ounce.
What moves the price of Gold?
US real bond yields, the dollar, central bank buying, geopolitics.
Where do the numbers on this page come from and how often do they update?
Delayed Yahoo Finance quotes refreshed every few hours. Macro from FRED (St. Louis Fed), company filings from SEC EDGAR. Each block names its source.
How do I trade Gold?
Through a broker as a CFD: a contract on the price difference, not buying the asset itself. Leveraged CFDs are very risky and most retail accounts lose money on them.
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