Price history · March 2026
Gold price in March 2026
Gold fell 11.8% in March 2026, closing at $4,608.35 on March 31, 2026. The month's high was $5,313.90 on Mar 2 and its low $4,413.55 on Mar 24; the average price was $4,862.17, down 3.1% on February's. That left gold up 5.5% for 2026 so far.
- Close$4,608.35Mar 31 · −11.8% on the month
- Open$5,313.90Mar 2
- High$5,313.90Mar 2
- Low$4,413.55Mar 24
- Average$4,862.17−3.1% vs Feb average
- 2026 so far+5.5%since Dec 30, 2025
Gold opened March 2026 at $5,313.90 and closed at $4,608.35; high $5,313.90 on March 2, 2026, low $4,413.55 on March 24, 2026.
Gold day by day in March 2026
Each trading day's change against the previous trading day's price. Mar 2 is compared with Feb 27, the last price of February 2026.
| Day | Change | Size of the move |
|---|---|---|
| Mon Mar 2 | +1.75% | |
| Tue Mar 3 | −5.27% | |
| Wed Mar 4 | +2.28% | |
| Thu Mar 5 | −0.86% | |
| Fri Mar 6 | +0.46% | |
| Mon Mar 9 | −0.80% | |
| Tue Mar 10 | +2.43% | |
| Wed Mar 11 | −0.52% | |
| Thu Mar 12 | −1.01% | |
| Fri Mar 13 | −1.67% | |
| Mon Mar 16 | −0.99% | |
| Tue Mar 17 | +0.44% | |
| Wed Mar 18 | −2.93% | |
| Thu Mar 19 | −5.54% | |
| Fri Mar 20 | −0.82% | |
| Mon Mar 23 | −2.11% | |
| Tue Mar 24 | −1.18% | |
| Wed Mar 25 | +3.42% | |
| Thu Mar 26 | −2.37% | |
| Fri Mar 27 | +1.07% | |
| Mon Mar 30 | +0.56% | |
| Tue Mar 31 | +1.75% |
- Days up9of 22 trading days
- Days down13of 22 trading days
- Largest rise+3.42%Mar 25
- Largest fall−5.54%Mar 19
- Typical daily move1.42%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 March 2026
US-Iran conflict lifted gold to its high for the month on March 2, but rising bond yields and a stronger dollar soon dominated: gold fell 5.3% on March 3 and 5.5% on March 19 as markets priced interest rates staying higher for longer, and reached its low on March 24. The 11.8% loss was gold's worst month since June 2013.
Largest one-day rise: +3.4% on Mar 25. Largest one-day fall: −5.5% on Mar 19.
Day-by-day news for March 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.
March 2026 compared
| Month | Average | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | $4,862.17 | $5,313.90 | $4,413.55 | $4,608.35 | −11.8% |
| February 2026 | $5,019.53 | $5,222.30 | $4,714.75 | $5,222.30 | +4.8% |
| March 2025 | $2,983.25 | $3,115.10 | $2,880.70 | $3,115.10 | +9.9% |
Gold's March 2026 average was 63.0% above its March 2025 average. The highest daily price of 2026 up to the end of March 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.