Price history · February 2026
Gold price in February 2026
Gold rose 4.8% in February 2026, closing at $5,222.30 on February 27, 2026. The month's high was $5,222.30 on Feb 27 and its low $4,714.75 on Feb 2; the average price was $5,019.53, up 5.8% on January's. That left gold up 19.6% for 2026 so far.
- Close$5,222.30Feb 27 · +4.8% on the month
- Open$4,714.75Feb 2
- High$5,222.30Feb 27
- Low$4,714.75Feb 2
- Average$5,019.53+5.8% vs Jan average
- 2026 so far+19.6%since Dec 30, 2025
Gold opened February 2026 at $4,714.75 and closed at $5,222.30; high $5,222.30 on February 27, 2026, low $4,714.75 on February 2, 2026.
Gold day by day in February 2026
Each trading day's change against the previous trading day's price. Feb 2 is compared with Jan 30, the last price of January 2026.
| Day | Change | Size of the move |
|---|---|---|
| Mon Feb 2 | −5.36% | |
| Tue Feb 3 | +4.37% | |
| Wed Feb 4 | +1.30% | |
| Thu Feb 5 | −2.77% | |
| Fri Feb 6 | +2.08% | |
| Mon Feb 9 | +1.85% | |
| Tue Feb 10 | −0.16% | |
| Wed Feb 11 | +0.92% | |
| Thu Feb 12 | −0.68% | |
| Fri Feb 13 | −0.96% | |
| Mon Feb 16 | −0.46% | |
| Tue Feb 17 | −2.23% | |
| Wed Feb 18 | +2.92% | |
| Thu Feb 19 | +0.03% | |
| Fri Feb 20 | +0.97% | |
| Mon Feb 23 | +2.73% | |
| Tue Feb 24 | −1.37% | |
| Wed Feb 25 | +1.39% | |
| Thu Feb 26 | −0.47% | |
| Fri Feb 27 | +1.06% |
- Days up11of 20 trading days
- Days down9of 20 trading days
- Largest rise+4.37%Feb 3
- Largest fall−5.36%Feb 2
- Typical daily move1.34%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 February 2026
The sell-off ran into the first trading day: gold fell 5.4% on February 2, its low for the month, and jumped 4.4% the next day. It spent the rest of February swinging around $5,000 as volatility stayed high, then rose on tariff news (February 23) and US-Iran tension to finish at its high for the month on February 27, up 4.8%.
Largest one-day rise: +4.4% on Feb 3. Largest one-day fall: −5.4% on Feb 2.
Day-by-day news for February 2026 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.
February 2026 compared
| Month | Average | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | $5,019.53 | $5,222.30 | $4,714.75 | $5,222.30 | +4.8% |
| January 2026 | $4,744.46 | $5,405.00 | $4,352.95 | $4,981.85 | +14.1% |
| February 2025 | $2,894.73 | $2,936.85 | $2,826.10 | $2,834.55 | +0.8% |
Gold's February 2026 average was 73.4% above its February 2025 average. The highest daily price of 2026 up to the end of February 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.