As of August 24, 2026, the price of gold is $4,653.05 per ounce. See updated daily gold price, historical gold price charts, percentage changes and gold trends at USA TODAY Money.

Gold price reclaims its 20-week moving average and breaks a six-month downtrend, with $4,800 the next major resistance.

Precious metals prices are finally rallying after a mostly stagnant summer, with gold hitting its highest price in three months on Friday and silver hitting its highest level in two months, which analysts are largely attributing to a weaker dollar and the Treasury Department’s announcement it would ramp up buybacks of longer-dated government debt.

Gold prices rose to its highest in over three months, supported by a weaker U.S. dollar and the U.S. treasury's recent buyback announcement

Gold and silver are having a month to remember.

August 2026 Gold Price Update - Gold rate in India moved up by 0.42% over its previous close. Check the latest 18K, 22K and 24K gold price in major cities in India and Dubai.

Jewellers report growing enquiries for advance-purchase and Systematic Investment Plan schemes as customers seek price certainty amid volatile gold rates and regional uncertainty

Gold's spot price — or its current trading value — today as of 9:00 a.m. ET is $4,662.42 per ounce, according to CNBC's Gold/ US Dollar Spot Price. That's higher than Friday's price, when it traded at $4,582.44 per ounce at the same time.

Gold market is broadly cautious on Tuesday due to additional US sanctions on Iran, along with the threat of penalties on countries that has trade deal with the Islamic regime. This keeps the market uncertain about the US-Iran conflict,