| | Gold Mornings | Your weekday morning read on gold, metals and miners.
Issue #85 · Monday, October 19, 2026 | | Gold volatility (GVZ) Cautious · 22.6 ▲ from 22.3 yesterday | | Gold and silver gained ground as Fed rate expectations and geopolitical tensions shape safe-haven demand alongside cautious volatility. |
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● The Numbers | Gold | $4,194.80 +0.33%
+0.10% this week | | Silver | $57.83 +1.47%
-3.83% this week | | Platinum | $1,663.90 +2.50%
-0.92% this week | | Palladium | $1,136.50 +2.08%
+0.04% this week | | Copper | $6.59 +0.96%
-1.57% this week |
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● The Movers Leaders | PL=F Platinum | +2.50% | | NEM Newmont | +2.43% | | PA=F Palladium | +2.08% |
| Laggards | GC=F Gold | +0.33% | | B Barrick Mining | +0.67% | | GDX Gold Miners ETF | +0.79% |
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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 ($4,370.32) and 200-day ($4,539.97) averages — the longer-term trend reads as down. 30-day range $4,107.90–$4,460.70; currently in the lower third of that range. RSI(14) 52 — momentum roughly neutral. 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 | | Silver tests bear flag at $58.60 resistance Silver climbed 1.47% to $57.83, outpacing gold and approaching technical resistance. Silver's industrial and monetary uses make it sensitive to both economic and safe-haven flows. (Investing) |
| | Oil prices dip as Trump waives Russia sanctions Oil retreated as U.S. sanctions relief on Russia reduced supply-shock concerns. Geopolitical easing can reduce safe-haven demand for gold, though long-term effects remain uncertain. (Investing) |
| | Mining's future hinges on global cooperation: report A forward-looking report outlines three scenarios for mining through 2050, shaped by politics, technology, and regulation. Industry structure affects precious-metals and mining-stock fundamentals long-term. (Mining.com) |
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Metals 101 What's the 'premium' on a coin or bar? The amount you pay above the metal's spot value to cover minting, distribution and dealer margin. Small coins carry higher premiums per ounce than large bars. |
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“Metals mirror the dollar and the day's mood — a description, not a forecast.” |
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