Price history · January 2025
Gold price in January 2025
Gold rose 7.8% in January 2025, closing at $2,812.05 on January 31, 2025. The month's high was $2,812.05 on Jan 31 and its low $2,633.35 on Jan 6; the average price was $2,709.69, up 2.5% on December's. That left gold up 7.8% for 2025 so far.
- Close$2,812.05Jan 31 · +7.8% on the month
- Open$2,646.30Jan 2
- High$2,812.05Jan 31
- Low$2,633.35Jan 6
- Average$2,709.69+2.5% vs Dec average
- 2025 so far+7.8%since Dec 30, 2024
Gold opened January 2025 at $2,646.30 and closed at $2,812.05; high $2,812.05 on January 31, 2025, low $2,633.35 on January 6, 2025.
Gold day by day in January 2025
Each trading day's change against the previous trading day's price. Jan 2 is compared with Dec 30, the last price of December 2024.
| Day | Change | Size of the move |
|---|---|---|
| Thu Jan 2 | +1.43% | |
| Fri Jan 3 | +0.02% | |
| Mon Jan 6 | −0.51% | |
| Tue Jan 7 | +0.66% | |
| Wed Jan 8 | +0.33% | |
| Thu Jan 9 | +0.56% | |
| Fri Jan 10 | +0.48% | |
| Mon Jan 13 | −0.67% | |
| Tue Jan 14 | −0.09% | |
| Wed Jan 15 | +0.40% | |
| Thu Jan 16 | +1.45% | |
| Fri Jan 17 | −0.05% | |
| Mon Jan 20 | −0.28% | |
| Tue Jan 21 | +1.11% | |
| Wed Jan 22 | +0.51% | |
| Thu Jan 23 | −0.27% | |
| Fri Jan 24 | +1.19% | |
| Mon Jan 27 | −1.24% | |
| Tue Jan 28 | +0.35% | |
| Wed Jan 29 | +0.16% | |
| Thu Jan 30 | +1.12% | |
| Fri Jan 31 | +0.89% |
- Days up15of 22 trading days
- Days down7of 22 trading days
- Largest rise+1.45%Jan 16
- Largest fall−1.24%Jan 27
- Typical daily move0.51%median size of a day's move, up or down
LBMA Gold Price PM (daily benchmark), 22 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 January 2025
Gold rose 7.8% and closed January at a record LBMA price on January 31. Worries about the new US administration's tariff plans drew buyers, and large amounts of gold were shipped from London to New York vaults as traders guarded against possible import tariffs.
Largest one-day rise: +1.4% on Jan 16. Largest one-day fall: −1.2% on Jan 27.
What is moving gold now: today's market news.
Written by the Bullion Trading LLC editorial team from the price data and widely reported market events. Past moves, not a forecast.
January 2025 compared
| Month | Average | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | $2,709.69 | $2,812.05 | $2,633.35 | $2,812.05 | +7.8% |
| December 2024 | $2,644.07 | $2,705.45 | $2,592.45 | $2,609.10 | −1.6% |
| January 2024 | $2,034.04 | $2,067.55 | $2,011.75 | $2,053.25 | −1.2% |
Gold's January 2025 average was 33.2% above its January 2024 average. January's high was the highest daily price of 2025 up to that point.
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.