Price history · May 2025
Gold price in May 2025
Gold fell 0.7% in May 2025, closing at $3,277.55 on May 30, 2025. The month's high was $3,392.25 on May 7 and its low $3,182.95 on May 16; the average price was $3,277.99, up 2.2% on April's. That left gold up 25.6% for 2025 so far.
- Close$3,277.55May 30 · −0.7% on the month
- Open$3,214.75May 1
- High$3,392.25May 7
- Low$3,182.95May 16
- Average$3,277.99+2.2% vs Apr average
- 2025 so far+25.6%since Dec 30, 2024
Gold opened May 2025 at $3,214.75 and closed at $3,277.55; high $3,392.25 on May 7, 2025, low $3,182.95 on May 16, 2025.
Gold day by day in May 2025
Each trading day's change against the previous trading day's price. May 1 is compared with Apr 30, the last price of April 2025.
| Day | Change | Size of the move |
|---|---|---|
| Thu May 1 | −2.64% | |
| Fri May 2 | +1.09% | |
| Tue May 6 | +4.36% | |
| Wed May 7 | +0.02% | |
| Thu May 8 | −1.18% | |
| Fri May 9 | −0.83% | |
| Mon May 12 | −2.68% | |
| Tue May 13 | −0.23% | |
| Wed May 14 | −1.12% | |
| Thu May 15 | −0.03% | |
| Fri May 16 | −0.25% | |
| Mon May 19 | +1.48% | |
| Tue May 20 | +0.97% | |
| Wed May 21 | +1.17% | |
| Thu May 22 | −0.47% | |
| Fri May 23 | +1.79% | |
| Tue May 27 | −1.37% | |
| Wed May 28 | +0.13% | |
| Thu May 29 | +0.35% | |
| Fri May 30 | −1.05% |
- Days up9of 20 trading days
- Days down11of 20 trading days
- Largest rise+4.36%May 6
- Largest fall−2.68%May 12
- Typical daily move1.07%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 May 2025
Gold swung both ways. It jumped 4.4% on May 6, then fell 2.7% on May 12 when the US and China agreed a 90-day tariff truce, reaching the month's low on May 16. Moody's downgrade of the US credit rating and worries about US debt brought buyers back in the second half, and May ended almost flat (-0.7%).
Largest one-day rise: +4.4% on May 6. Largest one-day fall: −2.7% on May 12.
Day-by-day news for May 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.
May 2025 compared
| Month | Average | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | $3,277.99 | $3,392.25 | $3,182.95 | $3,277.55 | −0.7% |
| April 2025 | $3,207.48 | $3,433.55 | $3,014.75 | $3,302.05 | +6.0% |
| May 2024 | $2,352.14 | $2,427.30 | $2,288.85 | $2,348.25 | +1.8% |
Gold's May 2025 average was 39.4% above its May 2024 average. The highest daily price of 2025 up to the end of May was $3,433.55 on April 22, 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.