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Q: How is spot gold different from gold futures?

Spot is for near-immediate delivery; futures (like COMEX GC) are contracts for delivery at a set future date and usually trade slightly above spot — a structure called contango.

Q: Who sets the spot gold price?

No single entity sets it. It emerges from continuous electronic trading between banks, funds and dealers, with the LBMA Gold Price auction twice daily acting as a widely watched benchmark.

$4,013.80▾ −1.71% todayper troy ounce · spot

Gold price updated every minute during market hours · Source: gold-api.com / CoinGecko · Last updated 08:04 UTC

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Troy ounce (31.10 g)	$4,013.80
Gram · 24K	$129.05
Gram · 22K	$118.21
Gram · 18K	$96.78
Tola · 24K (11.66 g)	$1,505.17
Kilogram	$129,046.57

The spot gold price is the current market price for immediate delivery of one troy ounce of gold — the number quoted as XAU/USD on every trading screen in the world. Unlike futures contracts, which price gold for delivery months ahead, the spot price is for settlement almost now.

Dealers, jewellers and central banks all reference the spot price and then add their own premiums. When news headlines say 'gold hit a record', they mean the spot price printed a new high, which you can verify on the live chart above.

Frequently asked questions

What is the spot price of gold?−

The spot price is the live market price for immediate purchase of physical gold, quoted per troy ounce in US dollars (XAU/USD).

How is spot gold different from gold futures?+

Who sets the spot gold price?+

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