Price history · August 2026
Gold price in August 2026
Gold rose 13.3% in August 2026, closing at $4,562.75 on August 28, 2026. The month's high was $4,663.70 on Aug 24 and its low $4,028.15 on Aug 3; the average price was $4,409.89, up 8.2% on July's. That left gold up 4.5% for 2026 so far.
- Close$4,562.75Aug 28 · +13.3% on the month
- Open$4,028.15Aug 3
- High$4,663.70Aug 24
- Low$4,028.15Aug 3
- Average$4,409.89+8.2% vs Jul average
- 2026 so far+4.5%since Dec 30, 2025
Gold opened August 2026 at $4,028.15 and closed at $4,562.75; high $4,663.70 on August 24, 2026, low $4,028.15 on August 3, 2026.
Gold day by day in August 2026
Each trading day's change against the previous trading day's price. Aug 3 is compared with Jul 31, the last price of July 2026.
| Day | Change | Size of the move |
|---|---|---|
| Mon Aug 3 | +0.04% | |
| Tue Aug 4 | +1.39% | |
| Wed Aug 5 Brief | +3.00% | |
| Thu Aug 6 | +1.46% | |
| Fri Aug 7 Brief | +1.59% | |
| Mon Aug 10 | −0.26% | |
| Tue Aug 11 | +1.36% | |
| Wed Aug 12 | +0.99% | |
| Thu Aug 13 | −1.21% | |
| Fri Aug 14 | +0.40% | |
| Mon Aug 17 | +0.34% | |
| Tue Aug 18 | −0.05% | |
| Wed Aug 19 Brief | +1.30% | |
| Thu Aug 20 Brief | +0.50% | |
| Fri Aug 21 Brief | +2.21% | |
| Mon Aug 24 | +1.78% | |
| Tue Aug 25 | −1.03% | |
| Wed Aug 26 | +0.35% | |
| Thu Aug 27 | −1.35% | |
| Fri Aug 28 | −0.14% |
- Days up14of 20 trading days
- Days down6of 20 trading days
- Largest rise+3.00%Aug 5
- Largest fall−1.35%Aug 27
- Typical daily move1.12%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). "Brief" links to our news summary for that day. Past moves, not a forecast.
What moved gold in August 2026
Gold's best month since January: +13.3%. Weak US jobs data (August 5 and 7) lowered the odds of another Fed rate hike, China's central bank kept buying, and a US Treasury buyback announcement on August 19 pulled yields down. Gold reached its high for the month on August 24 before inflation-focused remarks from Kevin Warsh at Jackson Hole (August 27) trimmed the gain.
Largest one-day rise: +3.0% on Aug 5. Largest one-day fall: −1.4% on Aug 27.
Our daily news briefs for the key days: Aug 5 (+3.0%) · Aug 7 (+1.6%) · Aug 19 (+1.3%) · Aug 20 (+0.5%) · Aug 21 (+2.2%) .
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 2026 compared
| Month | Average | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | $4,409.89 | $4,663.70 | $4,028.15 | $4,562.75 | +13.3% |
| July 2026 | $4,073.92 | $4,164.15 | $3,993.55 | $4,026.60 | 0.0% |
| August 2025 | $3,362.99 | $3,429.15 | $3,332.40 | $3,429.15 | +3.9% |
Gold's August 2026 average was 31.1% above its August 2025 average. The highest daily price of 2026 up to the end of August was $5,405.00 on January 29, 2026.
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.