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Issue #74 · Friday, October 2, 2026 | | Gold volatility (GVZ) Cautious · 23.3 ▼ from 23.7 yesterday | | Gold and silver rose modestly as geopolitical tensions and upcoming jobs data kept safe-haven demand steady, while gold miners declined amid cautious volatility. |
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● The Numbers | Gold | $4,216.70 +0.34%
-2.42% this week | | Silver | $61.47 +1.22%
-4.33% this week | | Platinum | $1,742.00 +2.14%
-1.84% this week | | Palladium | $1,198.00 +2.50%
-5.20% this week | | Copper | $6.57 +1.38%
-1.85% this week |
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● The Movers Leaders | PA=F Palladium | +2.50% | | PL=F Platinum | +2.14% | | HG=F Copper | +1.38% |
| Laggards | AEM Agnico Eagle | -1.46% | | B Barrick Mining | -1.40% | | GDX Gold Miners ETF | -1.21% |
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The day's best and worst of the tracked metals and miners · day-over-day change. |
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● The Read Gold — description, not prediction Trading below both its 50-day ($4,367.36) and 200-day ($4,553.64) averages — the longer-term trend reads as down. 30-day range $4,168.40–$4,697.80; currently in the lower third of that range. RSI(14) 35 — momentum weak. See where every market sits on the daily page → What's pushing gold today: the dollar & Treasury yields on the Dollar & Yields page → |
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● The Brief | | Gold steadies ahead of key U.S. jobs data Gold prices held firm as traders awaited U.S. employment figures, a major economic indicator that influences Federal Reserve policy and interest-rate expectations affecting precious metals. (Investing) |
| | Morning Bid: Yield to worst Treasury yields and bond market dynamics are reshaping safe-haven flows into precious metals, a core driver of gold and silver demand independent of geopolitical events. (Investing) |
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Metals 101 What are 'real yields'? The interest rate on bonds after subtracting inflation. Gold tends to track real yields closely: when inflation-adjusted returns on bonds drop, non-yielding gold looks relatively more attractive. |
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