Price history · October 2025
Gold price in October 2025
Gold rose 4.9% in October 2025, closing at $4,011.50 on October 31, 2025. The month's high was $4,294.35 on Oct 20 and its low $3,872.00 on Oct 1; the average price was $4,053.28, up 10.6% on September's. That left gold up 53.8% for 2025 so far.
- Close$4,011.50Oct 31 · +4.9% on the month
- Open$3,872.00Oct 1
- High$4,294.35Oct 20
- Low$3,872.00Oct 1
- Average$4,053.28+10.6% vs Sep average
- 2025 so far+53.8%since Dec 30, 2024
Gold opened October 2025 at $3,872.00 and closed at $4,011.50; high $4,294.35 on October 20, 2025, low $3,872.00 on October 1, 2025.
Gold day by day in October 2025
Each trading day's change against the previous trading day's price. Oct 1 is compared with Sep 30, the last price of September 2025.
| Day | Change | Size of the move |
|---|---|---|
| Wed Oct 1 | +1.22% | |
| Thu Oct 2 | +0.16% | |
| Fri Oct 3 | +0.20% | |
| Mon Oct 6 | +1.64% | |
| Tue Oct 7 | +0.75% | |
| Wed Oct 8 | +1.53% | |
| Thu Oct 9 | −0.51% | |
| Fri Oct 10 | −1.11% | |
| Mon Oct 13 | +3.06% | |
| Tue Oct 14 | +0.74% | |
| Wed Oct 15 | +1.90% | |
| Thu Oct 16 | +1.36% | |
| Fri Oct 17 | −0.87% | |
| Mon Oct 20 | +1.65% | |
| Tue Oct 21 | −2.90% | |
| Wed Oct 22 | −2.39% | |
| Thu Oct 23 | +1.81% | |
| Fri Oct 24 | −0.95% | |
| Mon Oct 27 | −3.26% | |
| Tue Oct 28 | −0.56% | |
| Wed Oct 29 | +1.47% | |
| Thu Oct 30 | −0.31% | |
| Fri Oct 31 | +0.43% |
- Days up14of 23 trading days
- Days down9of 23 trading days
- Largest rise+3.06%Oct 13
- Largest fall−3.26%Oct 27
- Typical daily move1.22%median size of a day's move, up or down
LBMA Gold Price PM (daily benchmark), 23 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 October 2025
Gold passed $4,000 for the first time on October 8, during the US government shutdown that began on October 1, and reached a record on October 20 as US-China trade tension flared and rate-cut bets grew. A sharp correction followed: down 2.9% on October 21, 2.4% on October 22 and 3.3% on October 27. The Fed cut rates again on October 29, and gold ended the month 4.9% higher.
Largest one-day rise: +3.1% on Oct 13. Largest one-day fall: −3.3% on Oct 27.
Day-by-day news for October 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.
October 2025 compared
| Month | Average | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2025 | $4,053.28 | $4,294.35 | $3,872.00 | $4,011.50 | +4.9% |
| September 2025 | $3,665.20 | $3,826.85 | $3,474.90 | $3,825.30 | +11.6% |
| October 2024 | $2,690.08 | $2,777.80 | $2,610.70 | $2,734.15 | +4.0% |
Gold's October 2025 average was 50.7% above its October 2024 average. October'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.