Precios del Oro
Precious metals dashboard
Gold Price Today
Gold is the market's primary monetary metal, so today's move is most useful beside real yields, the U.S. dollar, inflation expectations, and safe-haven demand.
Headline quote uses the public Yahoo Finance chart endpoint for COMEX gold futures (GC=F). The chart below is provided by TradingView.
Gold Price Calculator
Convert the live troy-ounce reference price into common weights used by investors, jewelers, fabricators, and bullion buyers.
What Moves Precious Metals
Gold, silver, platinum, and palladium are simple to quote and complex to price. The biggest moves come from the mix of rates, currency strength, inflation expectations, industrial demand, and physical supply.
Precious metals pay no coupon, so monetary metals such as gold and silver often become more attractive when inflation-adjusted bond yields fall.
Major metals are quoted globally in dollars. A weaker dollar can lift USD metal prices, while a stronger dollar can pressure them.
Silver, platinum, and palladium have deeper industrial demand links, including electronics, solar, chemical, and automotive uses.
Platinum and palladium can react sharply to changes in vehicle production, emissions systems, substitution, and recycling flows.
Gold can attract safe-haven flows during geopolitical shocks or banking stress, while silver and platinum-group metals can also react to growth fears.
Ore grades, refining capacity, regional concentration, labor disruptions, and recycling all shape the longer-run balance beneath daily trading.
Ways To Track Metals
The price on screen depends on the market instrument. These benchmarks usually move together, but they are not identical.
Over-the-counter references for immediate delivery, quoted per troy ounce in U.S. dollars.
Exchange-traded contracts used by institutions, miners, hedgers, and traders to express metal exposure.
Exchange-traded products can track metal prices while trading like stocks, often with fund fees and tracking differences.
Coins, bars, and rounds usually include premiums, spreads, storage, insurance, and dealer costs above spot.
Precious Metals FAQ
Clear answers for common metals-price questions investors search before buying, selling, or comparing exposure.
Which metals can I track here?
This page tracks gold, silver, platinum, and palladium in U.S. dollars per troy ounce using cached public futures references. Spot quotes and dealer prices can differ because of spreads, delivery, premiums, and local market conventions.
What is a troy ounce?
Precious metals are quoted in troy ounces. One troy ounce equals 31.1034768 grams, which is heavier than the standard household ounce used in the United States.
Why do spot and futures prices differ?
Spot markets reflect immediate pricing, while futures reflect delivery month, financing, storage, and expectations. They usually track closely but are not the same instrument.
When do precious metals trade?
Major precious metals trade nearly around the clock during the global trading week across OTC markets, futures venues, ETFs, and regional bullion hubs. Liquidity varies by session and metal.
Are metal prices the same everywhere?
The global reference is commonly quoted in U.S. dollars per troy ounce, but local currency prices move with foreign exchange rates and local physical-market premiums.
Do precious metals protect against inflation?
Gold and silver have historically been used as store-of-value assets, while platinum and palladium are more tied to industrial cycles. All four can be volatile over shorter periods.
Market data is provided for informational purposes only and may be delayed, rounded, or unavailable. This page is not investment advice. Verify prices with your broker, exchange, refiner, or bullion dealer before trading or transacting.
