Price history · August 2025
Gold price in August 2025
Gold rose 3.9% in August 2025, closing at $3,429.15 on August 29, 2025. The month's high was $3,429.15 on Aug 29 and its low $3,332.40 on Aug 18; the average price was $3,362.99, up 0.7% on July's. That left gold up 31.4% for 2025 so far.
- Close$3,429.15Aug 29 · +3.9% on the month
- Open$3,346.85Aug 1
- High$3,429.15Aug 29
- Low$3,332.40Aug 18
- Average$3,362.99+0.7% vs Jul average
- 2025 so far+31.4%since Dec 30, 2024
Gold opened August 2025 at $3,346.85 and closed at $3,429.15; high $3,429.15 on August 29, 2025, low $3,332.40 on August 18, 2025.
Gold day by day in August 2025
Each trading day's change against the previous trading day's price. Aug 1 is compared with Jul 31, the last price of July 2025.
| Day | Change | Size of the move |
|---|---|---|
| Fri Aug 1 | +1.46% | |
| Mon Aug 4 | +0.99% | |
| Tue Aug 5 | −0.14% | |
| Wed Aug 6 | −0.10% | |
| Thu Aug 7 | +0.35% | |
| Fri Aug 8 | +0.31% | |
| Mon Aug 11 | −1.11% | |
| Tue Aug 12 | −0.39% | |
| Wed Aug 13 | +0.63% | |
| Thu Aug 14 | −0.61% | |
| Fri Aug 15 | −0.25% | |
| Mon Aug 18 | −0.09% | |
| Tue Aug 19 | +0.06% | |
| Wed Aug 20 | +0.31% | |
| Thu Aug 21 | −0.19% | |
| Fri Aug 22 | −0.12% | |
| Tue Aug 26 | +0.99% | |
| Wed Aug 27 | +0.27% | |
| Thu Aug 28 | +0.93% | |
| Fri Aug 29 | +0.63% |
- Days up11of 20 trading days
- Days down9of 20 trading days
- Largest rise+1.46%Aug 1
- Largest fall−1.11%Aug 11
- Typical daily move0.33%median size of a day's move, up or down
LBMA Gold Price PM (daily benchmark), 20 trading days. Moves are worked out from the daily prices; the daily LBMA prices themselves are not listed (see sources below). Past moves, not a forecast.
What moved gold in August 2025
Weak US jobs data on August 1 revived expectations of a September rate cut. Reports that imported gold bars could face US tariffs unsettled the market on August 7 and 8 until the President said on August 11 that gold would not be tariffed. After the Jackson Hole meetings and a move to fire a Fed governor in late August, gold climbed to finish the month 3.9% higher, close to April's record.
Largest one-day rise: +1.5% on Aug 1. Largest one-day fall: −1.1% on Aug 11.
Day-by-day news for August 2025 is on our gold and silver price timeline, with a short brief for each trading day.
What is moving gold now: today's market news.
Written by the Bullion Trading LLC editorial team from the price data and our daily news briefs, which summarise reports by Reuters, Kitco, Bloomberg and other outlets. Past moves, not a forecast.
August 2025 compared
| Month | Average | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | $3,362.99 | $3,429.15 | $3,332.40 | $3,429.15 | +3.9% |
| July 2025 | $3,338.31 | $3,413.55 | $3,298.85 | $3,298.85 | +0.3% |
| August 2024 | $2,467.97 | $2,529.75 | $2,393.85 | $2,513.35 | +3.6% |
Gold's August 2025 average was 36.3% above its August 2024 average. The highest daily price of 2025 up to the end of August was $3,435.35 on June 13, 2025.
US dollars per troy ounce. Change = the month's last price against the previous month's last price.
Gold month by month
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Sources: LBMA precious metal prices through 2026-09-28 (shown as charts, summaries and daily percentage moves only; we don't publish daily LBMA price tables); Bullion Trading LLC weekday spot closes afterward. Latest observation for this metal: 2026-11-03; the current month is provisional. Prepared by the Bullion Trading LLC editorial team.