Gold price in October 2024: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed October 2024 at $2,749.30 an ounce, up 3.38% on the month. The highest close was $2,800.80 on 30 Oct and the lowest $2,626.00 on 9 Oct. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, October 2024 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = September 2024 close ($2,659.40); larger dots = new all-time-high closes.
Daily gold prices in October 2024 (23 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 Oct | $2,656.10 | $2,694.70 | $2,653.80 | $2,690.30 | +$30.90 | +1.16% |
| Wed 2 Oct | $2,684.60 | $2,684.80 | $2,662.10 | $2,669.70 | −$20.60 | −0.77% |
| Thu 3 Oct | $2,679.90 | $2,683.40 | $2,657.80 | $2,679.20 | +$9.50 | +0.36% |
| Fri 4 Oct | $2,675.70 | $2,690.60 | $2,651.60 | $2,667.80 | −$11.40 | −0.43% |
| Mon 7 Oct | $2,671.70 | $2,679.20 | $2,657.30 | $2,666.00 | −$1.80 | −0.07% |
| Tue 8 Oct | $2,662.80 | $2,672.40 | $2,623.40 | $2,635.40 | −$30.60 | −1.15% |
| Wed 9 Oct | $2,640.70 | $2,642.90 | $2,622.80 | $2,626.00 | −$9.40 | −0.36% |
| Thu 10 Oct | $2,625.80 | $2,648.90 | $2,618.80 | $2,639.30 | +$13.30 | +0.51% |
| Fri 11 Oct best day | $2,647.40 | $2,679.00 | $2,645.30 | $2,676.30 | +$37.00 | +1.40% |
| Mon 14 Oct | $2,673.10 | $2,684.20 | $2,660.00 | $2,665.60 | −$10.70 | −0.40% |
| Tue 15 Oct | $2,663.50 | $2,685.90 | $2,654.40 | $2,678.90 | +$13.30 | +0.50% |
| Wed 16 Oct | $2,679.50 | $2,702.50 | $2,674.90 | $2,691.30 | +$12.40 | +0.46% |
| Thu 17 Oct ATH | $2,690.40 | $2,712.70 | $2,688.20 | $2,707.50 | +$16.20 | +0.60% |
| Fri 18 Oct ATH | $2,707.80 | $2,737.80 | $2,707.30 | $2,730.00 | +$22.50 | +0.83% |
| Mon 21 Oct ATH | $2,736.30 | $2,755.40 | $2,728.50 | $2,738.90 | +$8.90 | +0.33% |
| Tue 22 Oct ATH | $2,734.70 | $2,763.30 | $2,733.50 | $2,759.80 | +$20.90 | +0.76% |
| Wed 23 Oct | $2,762.60 | $2,772.60 | $2,722.10 | $2,729.40 | −$30.40 | −1.10% |
| Thu 24 Oct | $2,729.20 | $2,756.30 | $2,728.70 | $2,748.90 | +$19.50 | +0.71% |
| Fri 25 Oct | $2,748.60 | $2,760.90 | $2,729.10 | $2,754.60 | +$5.70 | +0.21% |
| Mon 28 Oct | $2,749.20 | $2,758.30 | $2,736.90 | $2,755.90 | +$1.30 | +0.05% |
| Tue 29 Oct ATH | $2,754.30 | $2,787.70 | $2,752.00 | $2,781.10 | +$25.20 | +0.91% |
| Wed 30 Oct ATH | $2,786.90 | $2,801.80 | $2,782.40 | $2,800.80 | +$19.70 | +0.71% |
| Thu 31 Oct worst day | $2,799.10 | $2,801.20 | $2,741.80 | $2,749.30 | −$51.50 | −1.84% |
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 2024 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $2,690.30 | $2,800.80 | $2,626.00 | $2,749.30 | +3.38% |
| Intraday | $2,656.10 | $2,801.80 30 Oct | $2,618.80 10 Oct | $2,749.30 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2024 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 2024: summary
Gold climbed 3.38% in October 2024, from $2,659.40 at the end of September 2024 to $2,749.30 an ounce. Settlement prices ranged from $2,626.00 on 9 October 2024 to $2,800.80 on 30 October 2024, a spread of $174.80 (6.6%), wider than the 5.5% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 15 of 23 trading days and lower on 8; the strongest session was 11 October 2024 (+1.40%) and the weakest 31 October 2024 (−1.84%).
Gold set 6 new all-time-high closes in October 2024, the highest at $2,800.80 on 30 October 2024. It was the month gold first closed above $2,800 (on 30 October 2024). It was gold's 9th monthly gain in a row.
How October 2024 compares
- Against other Octobers: at +3.38%, October 2024 ranks 5th of 26 Octobers since 2000 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 89th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 72% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $174.80, or 6.6% of the opening level, 1.2× the 5.5% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.68% (up or down), against 0.71% over the previous 12 months, so October 2024 was about as volatile as usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 6 days and the longest run of lower closes 4 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +32.70% for 2024 to the end of October and +37.86% over 12 months (against the October 2023 close of $1,994.30).
- Average price: the mean of the 23 daily closes was $2,706.17; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $2,690.00.
Across the other 25 completed Octobers since 2000, gold averaged −0.00% and rose in 12 of them (48%). October 2024 beat that average by 3.4 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 2024 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $2,749.30 closing price equals about $2,929 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 315.6 in October 2024 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 7% 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 2024
The gold price in 2024 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 2024?
Gold closed October 2024 at $2,749.30 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $2,690.30 and averaged $2,706.17 across 23 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $2,690.00.
Did gold go up in October 2024?
Yes. Gold was up 3.38% in October 2024, from $2,659.40 at the end of September 2024 to $2,749.30. It closed higher on 15 of 23 days. Among Octobers since 2000 it ranks 5th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in October 2024?
The highest close was $2,800.80 on 30 October 2024. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $2,801.80 on 30 October 2024. It was a new all-time-high close.
What was the lowest gold price in October 2024?
The lowest close was $2,626.00 on 9 October 2024, $174.80 (6.6%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $2,618.80 on 10 October 2024.
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