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Where the gold spot price stands versus its history

The gold spot price was $4,181.21 a troy ounce on Oct 16, 2026, in the lower third of its 12 month range. Updated when Tiingo forex data publishes a new reading.

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Snapshot

The gold spot price was $4,181.21 a troy ounce on Oct 16, 2026, in the lower third of its 12 month range. The highest reading in the data is $5,512.90 a troy ounce on Jan 28, 2026 and the lowest is $1,528.88 a troy ounce on Jan 2, 2020; the data starts on Jan 2, 2020.

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What We Know

  • Latest reading: $4,181.21 a troy ounce on Oct 16, 2026.
  • Previous reading: $4,156.05 a troy ounce on Oct 15, 2026, so the latest is up 0.6%.
  • One week earlier: $4,195.63 a troy ounce on Oct 9, 2026; down 0.3% since.
  • One year earlier: $4,365.83 a troy ounce on Oct 16, 2025; down 4.2% since.
  • 12 month high: $5,512.90 a troy ounce on Jan 28, 2026. 12 month low: $3,934.81 a troy ounce on Nov 4, 2025.
  • 5 year high: $5,512.90 a troy ounce on Jan 28, 2026. 5 year low: $1,627.73 a troy ounce on Sep 26, 2022.
  • Highest since: the latest reading is the highest since Oct 9, 2026, the last time the series was at or above this level.
  • Lowest since: the latest reading is the lowest since Oct 15, 2026, the last time the series was at or below this level.
  • Highest in data back to Jan 2, 2020: $5,512.90 a troy ounce on Jan 28, 2026. Lowest: $1,528.88 a troy ounce on Jan 2, 2020.

Octans View

At $4,181.21 a troy ounce, the gold spot price sits 16% of the way from its 12 month low to its 12 month high. Over the past year it is down 4.2%.

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Limits. This page shows daily readings, not intraday levels; a market can trade above or below them during a session. Readings are Tiingo forex closes at the end of each UTC weekday; the current day is added once it has closed, so the latest reading can trail the market. Records refer only to the history this source carries; older data from other sources may show higher or lower levels. Nothing here is a forecast.

Method and source. Octans Research computes every figure on this page from the full published history of Tiingo series XAUUSD. "Highest since" is the last earlier date when the series was at or above the latest reading. The page is regenerated by a fixed template when a new reading is published; no model wrote it.

Chart

Gold spot price, in the lower third of its 12 month range Gold spot price, in the lower third of its 12 month range: series rising from 1793USD to 4181USD (+2388USD) from 2021-10-22 to 2026-10-16. Scale 1000USD to 6000USD. 1000USD2000USD3000USD4000USD5000USD6000USD 2021-10-222026-10-16 GOLD SPOT PRICE, IN THE LOWER THIRD OF ITS 12 MONTH RANGE +2388USD 4181USD
Source: Tiingo · As of 2026-10-16Indicative, not investment advice.

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0.6%

• Previous reading: $4,156.05 a troy ounce on Oct 15, 2026, so the latest is up 0.6% · What we know