Price history · December 2025
Gold price in December 2025
Gold rose 4.2% in December 2025, closing at $4,367.80 on December 30, 2025. The month's high was $4,449.40 on Dec 23 and its low $4,188.25 on Dec 8; the average price was $4,289.48, up 5.1% on November's. That left gold up 67.4% for 2025.
- Close$4,367.80Dec 30 · +4.2% on the month
- Open$4,238.85Dec 1
- High$4,449.40Dec 23
- Low$4,188.25Dec 8
- Average$4,289.48+5.1% vs Nov average
- 2025 full year+67.4%since Dec 30, 2024
Gold opened December 2025 at $4,238.85 and closed at $4,367.80; high $4,449.40 on December 23, 2025, low $4,188.25 on December 8, 2025.
Gold day by day in December 2025
Each trading day's change against the previous trading day's price. Dec 1 is compared with Nov 28, the last price of November 2025.
| Day | Change | Size of the move |
|---|---|---|
| Mon Dec 1 | +1.14% | |
| Tue Dec 2 | −0.57% | |
| Wed Dec 3 | −0.11% | |
| Thu Dec 4 | −0.23% | |
| Fri Dec 5 | +1.01% | |
| Mon Dec 8 | −1.29% | |
| Tue Dec 9 | +0.23% | |
| Wed Dec 10 | +0.05% | |
| Thu Dec 11 | +0.72% | |
| Fri Dec 12 | +2.76% | |
| Mon Dec 15 | −0.72% | |
| Tue Dec 16 | +0.19% | |
| Wed Dec 17 | +0.41% | |
| Thu Dec 18 | −0.20% | |
| Fri Dec 19 | +0.10% | |
| Mon Dec 22 | +1.94% | |
| Tue Dec 23 | +0.63% | |
| Mon Dec 29 | −2.53% | |
| Tue Dec 30 | +0.71% |
- Days up12of 19 trading days
- Days down7of 19 trading days
- Largest rise+2.76%Dec 12
- Largest fall−2.53%Dec 29
- Typical daily move0.63%median size of a day's move, up or down
LBMA Gold Price PM (daily benchmark), 19 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 December 2025
The Fed cut rates on December 10, and gold rose 2.8% two days later. New records followed in the last full week of the year, with the month's high on December 23. Then higher futures margin requirements and year-end profit-taking cut the price 2.5% on December 29. Gold still ended December 4.2% higher and 2025 about 67% higher.
Largest one-day rise: +2.8% on Dec 12. Largest one-day fall: −2.5% on Dec 29.
Day-by-day news for December 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.
December 2025 compared
| Month | Average | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | $4,289.48 | $4,449.40 | $4,188.25 | $4,367.80 | +4.2% |
| November 2025 | $4,082.95 | $4,195.65 | $3,951.10 | $4,191.05 | +4.5% |
| December 2024 | $2,644.07 | $2,705.45 | $2,592.45 | $2,609.10 | −1.6% |
Gold's December 2025 average was 62.2% above its December 2024 average. December's high was the highest daily price of 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.