Commodities
Gold Price Chart
Live XAU/USD gold price with an interactive candlestick chart. Track gold price movements from 1 week to 5 years, open, high, low, and close for every session. Data sourced from COMEX futures (GC=F) and refreshed every 15 minutes.
Data via Yahoo Finance · 15-min delayed
What Moves the Gold Price?
US Dollar Strength
Gold and the USD move inversely. When the dollar weakens, gold priced in USD rises. DXY (Dollar Index) is the key indicator to watch alongside XAU/USD.
Real Interest Rates
When real rates (nominal rates minus inflation) fall below zero, gold becomes competitive with bonds. Fed rate decisions and CPI data are major catalysts.
Central Bank Demand
Since 2022, central banks (especially China, India, and emerging markets) have bought record amounts of gold to diversify reserves away from USD. This structural demand has been the biggest driver of the bull run.
Geopolitical Risk
Conflicts, sanctions, and financial instability push investors into gold as a safe haven. The Ukraine war (2022) and Middle East tensions are recent examples of geopolitical risk premiums baked into gold.
Gold Price History, Key Milestones
| Year | Event | Gold Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Nixon ends gold standard | ~$35/oz |
| 1980 | Peak during stagflation era | ~$850/oz |
| 2011 | Post-GFC peak, QE era | ~$1,920/oz |
| 2020 | COVID-19 safe haven surge | ~$2,070/oz |
| 2024 | Oct ATH at $2,785, central bank buying + Fed rate cut cycle begins | ~$2,785/oz |
| 2025 | Best annual gain since 1979 (+70%), trade war fears, dollar weakness, central bank buying | $2,624–$4,550/oz |
| 2026 | ATH $5,595 on Jan 29, geopolitical uncertainty, dollar decline, de-dollarization | ~$5,595/oz ATH |
How to Use the Interactive Chart
Switch between Gold, Silver, and Platinum using the tabs above the chart. Each metal loads its own candlestick series, current price, and change figure independently, so you can compare how the three moved over the same period.
Use the range selector (1W, 1M, 3M, 1Y, 5Y) to zoom out from daily price swings to multi-year trend context. Shorter ranges are more useful for spotting short-term volatility around economic data releases; the 5Y view shows the broader bull or bear cycle the metal is in.
The header above the chart shows the current price and the change (both absolute and percentage) versus the prior close, colored green for gains and red for losses. Hover or tap any candle to see its exact open, high, low, and close values for that session.
Gold, Silver & Platinum: How They Differ
Gold (XAU/USD)
Monetary metal first. Demand is dominated by investment, central bank reserves, and jewelry. Its price correlates most strongly with the US dollar and real interest rates, and it holds up best during crises since it has almost no industrial demand to fall alongside a slowing economy.
Silver (XAG/USD)
Roughly half industrial (electronics, solar panels, electrical contacts) and half investment demand. This makes silver more volatile than gold: it tends to rally harder in a gold bull market but also fall harder when industrial demand weakens. The gold-to-silver ratio (price of gold divided by price of silver) is a common gauge of relative value between the two.
Platinum (XPT/USD)
Primarily an industrial metal, used heavily in catalytic converters for diesel vehicles and hydrogen fuel cell technology. Its price is more tied to automotive demand and mine supply out of South Africa than to safe-haven flows, so it can move independently of gold and silver.
Why track all three
Watching the spread between gold and the industrial metals gives a rough read on market sentiment: a widening gap where gold rises while silver and platinum lag often signals investors favoring safety over growth-linked industrial demand.