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—New York gold futures tumbled 4% to $4,619.30 a troy ounce.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

UBS has an end-of-year gold target of $5,600 per ounce, based primarily on the assumption that investors will continue to want to diversify their portfolios with purchases of the precious metal.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

Spot gold is 0.9% lower at $4,452.16 an ounce; spot silver is 2.5% lower at $68.01 an ounce.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Continuous gold futures have dropped 16% since the end of February to $4,423.7 per ounce.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

I figured he wouldn’t have an ounce of sympathy for what had happened.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings