Live spot — 24h & 7d

What the live intraday price shows

This page streams the latest spot quotes for gold, silver, platinum and palladium and plots them over the past 24 hours and 7 days. Intraday data is useful when timing a purchase or sale: it reveals whether the market is trending, consolidating or reacting to a news event.

At the moment gold is quoted at $4,165.46 per troy ounce ($133.92 per gram), silver at $57.00, platinum at $1,640.40 and palladium at $1,113.54. Each figure refreshes automatically about once a minute while you keep this page open, so you do not need to reload.

How the 24-hour change is calculated

The percentage change compares the most recent quote with the first quote of the rolling 24-hour window. It is not tied to a particular exchange's opening time, which matters because precious metals trade almost around the clock from Sydney through Asia, Europe and New York.

Example: if gold opened the window at $4,123.81 and now trades at $4,165.46, the change is +$41.65 or +1.01%. A 1% move on a 1 kg bar is worth about $1,339.23.

When prices move the most

Volatility tends to cluster around a few predictable events: US economic releases such as CPI inflation and non-farm payrolls (usually 8:30 a.m. New York time), Federal Reserve rate decisions, and the London afternoon price auction. Weekends are quiet because the major venues close from Friday evening to Sunday evening (US time).

Silver and palladium usually move more in percentage terms than gold, because their markets are smaller and more industrial. Platinum often follows automotive and mining-supply news from South Africa and Russia.

Practical tips for using live prices

Use the 7-day view to observe the recent recorded range, not to predict the next low. Dealer quotes can lag the source and include product-specific costs. Compare the delivered price and a real buyback quote against the same fine content and timestamp.

If you are selling, check the live price immediately before you accept an offer and ask the buyer which reference price and percentage they apply. For longer horizons, switch to the interactive chart or historical archive.

Make a live quote comparison that survives the details

Write down the quote’s currency, unit, metal and source timestamp before using it in a transaction. A troy-ounce gold quote and a per-gram jewelry quote can look radically different even when derived from the same market observation. Convert the ounce into grams first, apply the net weight and purity once, then compare the dealer’s final delivered sale price or net cash payment. Do not use an ordinary household ounce for precious-metal math. For a coin, identify whether the stated ounce is gross alloy weight or fine-metal content; a mint’s fine-content specification avoids applying the purity discount twice.

The change shown here is based on source observations in the requested rolling window. It is not necessarily a change from an official auction benchmark or yesterday’s exchange settlement. Sparse coverage, weekends and delayed observations can affect which baseline is available. Check whether the first point is close to the intended start time before treating the percentage as an exact twenty-four-hour performance measure. Missing source observations are not invented, and the last timestamp remains more useful than a generic live label.

If you are comparing several cash buyers, use written offers made at a similar quote time. Ask for accepted weight, tested grade, deductions and payment timing. A payout percentage is meaningful only against the matching metal reference. Keep signed jewelry, collectible coins and valuable stones out of a scrap transaction until their other resale options are checked. If a quote is for a pawn loan rather than a sale, inspect total redemption charges and the deadline separately; a live gold price cannot tell you whether borrowing is affordable.

For an investment decision, an intraday screen is only one input. Include premiums, dealer spreads, storage and local tax rules, and consider the possibility of price loss. News can move gold quickly, but a plausible explanation is not a reliable prediction. Compare observed price behavior over your own horizon instead of assuming a short move must continue.