Gold tops $4,600 per ounce for first time

A summary of the most important gold news and analysis of the last week.

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Gold price

Gold price: $4,600.51 $XAUUSD ( 0.0% ) [View live gold price.]

Change from last week: $141.64 (3.18%)

Gold news

This week’s summary of gold news and analysis.

• Gold price tops $4,600 per ounce for first time [Goldscape]

 • Record start to 2026 brings prospect of $5,000 gold into view [Reuters]

• Gold SWOT: Central bank gold buying in late 2025 nearly matched the prior eight months [Kitco]

 • Ready, steady gold! Safety bid adds fuel to cenbank fire [Reuters]

 • BRICS plan to move from 50% to 65–70% global gold control in 2026 [Watcher Guru]

🔮 Gold price forecasts

• Gold will hit $5,000/oz, silver $100/oz by March, but gold will be vulnerable to correction afterward – Citigroup [Kitco]

 • Gold prices set to hit USD 5,000 amid global uncertainty, says Muthoot Microfin CEO [ChiniMand]

 • Gold price could hit $5,000 in H1 2026, says HSBC [Mining]

 • Why gold is surging with silver and why experts predict $6,000 price in 2026 [Finance Magnates]

 • Vaneck: Gold to reach $184K if adopted as broad money [Bitcoin . com]

"Vaneck did the math to find the “real price of gold” if it were to reclaim its role as the global reserve asset, given that central banks have maintained steady demand. It estimated that each ounce of gold would be priced at $184,211 if adopted as broad money."

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🌐 World gold news

Gold news from a global perspective.

🇦🇺 Australia

• In a world going to hell, investors are flocking to gold. Australia could have had much more of it [The Guardian]

“A decision to sell two-thirds of Australia’s gold reserves in the 1990s is starting to look like a bad one as global uncertainty reigns.”

🇨🇦 Canada

• New arrest made in notorious gold heist at Toronto airport [CBS News]

🇨🇳 China

• China gold market update: December demand rebounds [World Gold Council]

🇬🇭 Ghana

• Africa's top gold producer cancels long-term mining deals, hikes royalties as gold prices surge [Business Insider Africa]

🇮🇳 India

• India's gold ETF holdings jump 65% YoY to 95 tonnes in 2025; will the trend continue in 2026? [Fortune India]

🇵🇱 Poland

 • Poland has 550 tons of gold, wants to buy more, central bank chief says [Reuters]

🇰🇷 South Korea

 • Bank of Korea's gold reserves among world's lowest [The Chosun Daily]

🇹🇭 Thailand

 • Thailand tightens controls on gold trading to combat excessive baht strength [Nation Thailand]

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

 • Colchester dig uncover Roman gold rings and marble [BBC]

🇻🇳 Vietnam

• Dong Thap bride goes viral wearing gold crown, gifted houses and land [VietNamNet Global]

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