Gold

GCCOMEX

4,443.50▲+11.10%over 1 month

Gold futures, quoted per troy ounce. Held mainly as a store of value and a hedge against currency debasement; it pays no income.

Price history

Last close 2026-08-11

Return by period

1M▲+11.10%

3M▼-5.84%

6M▼-12.39%

1Y▲+32.52%

5Y▲+150.29%

Risk

Trailing year

Annualised volatility28.4%

Largest drawdown-25.1%

Period high5,318.40

Period low3,313.40

Position in range

Trailing year

56%

of the way from the year’s low to its high.

3,313.405,318.40

Reported context

Written by sonar-pro

Gold has been reported as trading around seven-week to two-month highs, with recent sessions marked by gains and the latest weekly move described as its strongest in several months. Reported drivers include weaker-than-expected US labour data, a softer dollar, lower Treasury yields, and a reassessment of Federal Reserve rate expectations, alongside attention to Middle East developments. Other reports say the rally has been helped by renewed investor interest, including inflows into gold-backed exchange-traded funds, while some commentary also notes the market remains below earlier peaks.

Sources

Generated from the figures on this page and published reporting. It describes what has been reported and is not advice, a recommendation, or a forecast. Written 11 Aug, 15:01 UTC.

Reported context

What these figures mean

Written by gpt-5.4-mini

Gold rose by 32.6% over the trailing year, but the 28.4% annualised volatility means its price has tended to move around a lot rather than in a straight line. The largest peak-to-trough fall of -25.1% means that, at one point in the period, the price dropped by 25.1% from a previous high before recovering. With a period low of 3,313.40 and a period high of 5,318.40, the current price being 56% of the way from the low to the high means it is a little above the midpoint of that range.

A plain-English restatement of the calculated figures shown above, with no external information used. Written 11 Aug, 14:43 UTC.

What these figures mean

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Figures are calculated from closing prices and exclude dividends, coupons and the cost of rolling futures contracts. Volatility is annualised using 252 trading days. Past movement describes what happened and implies nothing about what happens next.