troy

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The yellow metal has retreated from the $5,000 a troy ounce level as Treasury yields climb amid higher inflation risk from elevated energy prices, notes UOB’s research team in its 3Q outlook report.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

In early trading, futures in New York were up 0.5% to $4,554.40 a troy ounce and are on track for a modest weekly gain of 0.7%.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

—Gold prices extended the previous session’s losses, holding below $4,400 a troy ounce on persistent concerns over the impact of the Iran war on inflation and interest rates.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

—Gold prices fell below $4,500 a troy ounce in early European trading, failing to hold gains achieved earlier this week as renewed tensions between the U.S. and Iran worry traders.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

In the twentieth of his reign, he coined twenty-two shillings from a pound troy; in his twenty-seventh year, he coined twenty-five shillings.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. From Henry III. to Richard III. by Hume, David