Price history · September 2026
Gold price in September 2026
Gold fell 8.8% in September 2026, closing at $4,159.32 on September 30, 2026. The month's high was $4,467.15 on Sep 3 and its low $4,144.55 on Sep 28; the average price was $4,324.72, down 1.9% on August's. That left gold down 4.8% for 2026 so far.
- Close$4,159.32Sep 30 · −8.8% on the month
- Open$4,353.15Sep 1
- High$4,467.15Sep 3
- Low$4,144.55Sep 28
- Average$4,324.72−1.9% vs Aug average
- 2026 so far−4.8%since Dec 30, 2025
Gold opened September 2026 at $4,353.15 and closed at $4,159.32; high $4,467.15 on September 3, 2026, low $4,144.55 on September 28, 2026.
Gold day by day in September 2026
Each trading day's change against the previous trading day's price. Sep 1 is compared with Aug 28, the last price of August 2026.
| Day | Change | Size of the move |
|---|---|---|
| Tue Sep 1 Brief | −4.59% | |
| Wed Sep 2 | +0.67% | |
| Thu Sep 3 Brief | +1.94% | |
| Fri Sep 4 Brief | −1.16% | |
| Mon Sep 7 | −0.29% | |
| Tue Sep 8 | −0.08% | |
| Wed Sep 9 | +0.36% | |
| Thu Sep 10 | −1.12% | |
| Fri Sep 11 | +0.48% | |
| Mon Sep 14 Brief | −2.72% | |
| Tue Sep 15 | +0.68% | |
| Wed Sep 16 | +0.75% | |
| Thu Sep 17 | +0.92% | |
| Fri Sep 18 | −0.46% | |
| Mon Sep 21 | −0.55% | |
| Tue Sep 22 | +0.12% | |
| Wed Sep 23 | −1.04% | |
| Thu Sep 24 | −0.42% | |
| Fri Sep 25 | −0.13% | |
| Mon Sep 28 | −2.73% | |
| Tue Sep 29 (see the note under the table) | +0.86% | |
| Wed Sep 30 | −0.50% |
- Days up9of 22 trading days
- Days down13of 22 trading days
- Largest rise+1.94%Sep 3
- Largest fall−4.59%Sep 1
- Typical daily move0.67%median size of a day's move, up or down
LBMA Gold Price PM through Sep 28, then Bullion Trading LLC 5 pm New York closes; 22 trading days. Moves are worked out from the daily prices; the daily LBMA prices themselves are not listed (see sources below). "Brief" links to our news summary for that day. * Sep 29 compares our first 5 pm New York close with the LBMA price of Sep 28, set in London earlier in the day, so part of that move is timing. Past moves, not a forecast.
What moved gold in September 2026
September opened with a 4.6% drop on September 1 as the odds of a Fed rate hike rose. Gold recovered to its high for the month on September 3, but higher oil prices, firm inflation data and Treasury yields near 5% kept up the pressure (down 2.7% on September 14). It ended September 8.8% lower. Prices from September 29 are our own 5 pm New York closes.
Largest one-day rise: +1.9% on Sep 3. Largest one-day fall: −4.6% on Sep 1.
Our daily news briefs for the key days: Sep 1 (−4.6%) · Sep 3 (+1.9%) · Sep 4 (−1.2%) · Sep 14 (−2.7%) .
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.
September 2026 compared
| Month | Average | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | $4,324.72 | $4,467.15 | $4,144.55 | $4,159.32 | −8.8% |
| August 2026 | $4,409.89 | $4,663.70 | $4,028.15 | $4,562.75 | +13.3% |
| September 2025 | $3,665.20 | $3,826.85 | $3,474.90 | $3,825.30 | +11.6% |
Gold's September 2026 average was 18.0% above its September 2025 average. The highest daily price of 2026 up to the end of September 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.