Gold price today, Wednesday, January 7: Gold price opens above $4,500
Yahoo Finance·2026-01-05 12:18

Gold (GC=F) futures opened at 4,505.40pertroyounceWednesday,up0.24,505.40 per troy ounce Wednesday, up 0.2% from Tuesday’s closing price of 4,496.10. The price of gold fell in early trading. This marks gold’s first open above 4,500sinceDec.26.Thepreciousmetalhadbeenprimarilytradinginthe4,500 since Dec. 26. The precious metal had been primarily trading in the 4,300s but pushed higher after the U.S. military action in Venezuela. The decline in early trading today may have been investor profit-taking, which has limited gold’s rallies over the last several weeks. New economic data this week will ...