Gold price in October 2021: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed October 2021 at $1,783.90 an ounce, up 1.53% on the month. The highest close was $1,806.80 on 25 Oct and the lowest $1,755.70 on 11 Oct. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, October 2021 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = September 2021 close ($1,757.00).
Daily gold prices in October 2021 (21 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 Oct | $1,757.20 | $1,765.20 | $1,749.90 | $1,758.40 | +$1.40 | +0.08% |
| Mon 4 Oct | $1,762.60 | $1,771.50 | $1,747.70 | $1,767.60 | +$9.20 | +0.52% |
| Tue 5 Oct | $1,770.80 | $1,771.10 | $1,748.60 | $1,760.90 | −$6.70 | −0.38% |
| Wed 6 Oct | $1,760.50 | $1,765.90 | $1,745.40 | $1,761.80 | +$0.90 | +0.05% |
| Thu 7 Oct | $1,763.80 | $1,767.70 | $1,752.00 | $1,759.20 | −$2.60 | −0.15% |
| Fri 8 Oct | $1,757.00 | $1,782.40 | $1,753.60 | $1,757.40 | −$1.80 | −0.10% |
| Mon 11 Oct | $1,757.40 | $1,761.10 | $1,749.90 | $1,755.70 | −$1.70 | −0.10% |
| Tue 12 Oct | $1,753.60 | $1,770.00 | $1,750.50 | $1,759.30 | +$3.60 | +0.21% |
| Wed 13 Oct best day | $1,760.40 | $1,797.40 | $1,757.90 | $1,794.70 | +$35.40 | +2.01% |
| Thu 14 Oct | $1,793.60 | $1,801.90 | $1,787.60 | $1,797.90 | +$3.20 | +0.18% |
| Fri 15 Oct worst day | $1,797.30 | $1,797.70 | $1,765.10 | $1,768.30 | −$29.60 | −1.65% |
| Mon 18 Oct | $1,767.50 | $1,772.50 | $1,760.30 | $1,765.70 | −$2.60 | −0.15% |
| Tue 19 Oct | $1,764.80 | $1,786.00 | $1,763.40 | $1,770.50 | +$4.80 | +0.27% |
| Wed 20 Oct | $1,769.40 | $1,789.60 | $1,767.10 | $1,784.90 | +$14.40 | +0.81% |
| Thu 21 Oct | $1,782.50 | $1,790.30 | $1,776.80 | $1,781.90 | −$3.00 | −0.17% |
| Fri 22 Oct | $1,783.70 | $1,815.50 | $1,783.40 | $1,796.30 | +$14.40 | +0.81% |
| Mon 25 Oct | $1,794.20 | $1,811.50 | $1,793.00 | $1,806.80 | +$10.50 | +0.58% |
| Tue 26 Oct | $1,808.70 | $1,809.80 | $1,783.00 | $1,793.40 | −$13.40 | −0.74% |
| Wed 27 Oct | $1,795.00 | $1,801.00 | $1,784.30 | $1,798.80 | +$5.40 | +0.30% |
| Thu 28 Oct | $1,798.70 | $1,812.70 | $1,793.10 | $1,802.60 | +$3.80 | +0.21% |
| Fri 29 Oct | $1,801.50 | $1,802.90 | $1,772.40 | $1,783.90 | −$18.70 | −1.04% |
Close = COMEX gold futures settlement in US dollars per troy ounce; change is against the previous trading day's close.
Monthly open, high, low and close
| October 2021 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,758.40 | $1,806.80 | $1,755.70 | $1,783.90 | +1.53% |
| Intraday | $1,757.20 | $1,815.50 22 Oct | $1,745.40 6 Oct | $1,783.90 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2021 page and the monthly returns heatmap). Intraday: the highest and lowest traded prices in the daily bars.
Source: COMEX gold futures (GC=F) daily settlements and intraday bars via Yahoo Finance; US CPI (FRED CPIAUCSL) for the inflation adjustment; World Bank Pink Sheet for the monthly London average. Figures are final settlements; sources may occasionally revise historical data.
Gold in October 2021: summary
Gold inched higher 1.53% in October 2021, from $1,757.00 at the end of September 2021 to $1,783.90 an ounce. Gold closed higher on 12 of 21 trading days and lower on 9; the strongest session was 13 October 2021 (+2.01%) and the weakest 15 October 2021 (−1.65%). Settlement prices ranged from $1,755.70 on 11 October 2021 to $1,806.80 on 25 October 2021, a spread of $51.10 (2.9%), narrower than the 5.7% average of the previous 12 months.
How October 2021 compares
- Against other Octobers: at +1.53%, October 2021 ranks 12th of 26 Octobers since 2000 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 142nd of 313 months since September 2000, better than 55% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $51.10, or 2.9% of the opening level, 0.5× the 5.7% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.50% (up or down), against 0.71% over the previous 12 months, so October 2021 was calmer than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 3 days and the longest run of lower closes 3 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was −5.87% for 2021 to the end of October and −5.11% over 12 months (against the October 2020 close of $1,879.90).
- Average price: the mean of the 21 daily closes was $1,777.43; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,777.00.
Across the other 25 completed Octobers since 2000, gold averaged +0.07% and rose in 12 of them (48%). October 2021 beat that average by 1.5 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Octobers side by side.
October 2021 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,783.90 closing price equals about $2,169 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 276.6 in October 2021 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 22% more than the nominal figure. The gold price history hub restates every year's close on the same basis, and the all-time-high tracker lists every record close in nominal dollars.
Gold price by month in 2021
The gold price in 2021 page has the year's open, high, low and close, and the monthly archive on the gold price history hub explains how these month pages are built.
Frequently asked questions
What was the gold price in October 2021?
Gold closed October 2021 at $1,783.90 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,758.40 and averaged $1,777.43 across 21 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,777.00.
Did gold go up in October 2021?
Yes. Gold was up 1.53% in October 2021, from $1,757.00 at the end of September 2021 to $1,783.90. It closed higher on 12 of 21 days. Among Octobers since 2000 it ranks 12th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in October 2021?
The highest close was $1,806.80 on 25 October 2021. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,815.50 on 22 October 2021.
What was the lowest gold price in October 2021?
The lowest close was $1,755.70 on 11 October 2021, $51.10 (2.9%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,745.40 on 6 October 2021.
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