The gold prices used in this interactive chart are supplied by
BullionDesk. This price is quoted in US dollars. Where the gold price is
presented in currencies other than the US dollar, it is converted into
the local currency unit using the foreign exchange rate at the time (or
as close to as possible). For example, the London PM fix on 30th October
2013 was USD 1,354.75 and the price for one USD was EUR 0.726. The gold
price in euro (EUR) would therefore be calculated as €984.10.1 Like all
prices, the gold price reflects not only the inherent value of gold,
but also the relative strength of the currency in which it is quoted.
For example, the dollar price of gold may increase more in percentage
terms than the sterling price of gold, to the extent that the change in
price is a reflection of dollar weakness (in this case, against the
euro) rather than an intrinsic change in gold market fundamentals. For
this reason, our Investment Gold market statistics contain
charts showing an index of the gold price in US dollars and local
currency units as well as the relevant US dollar / local currency unit
exchange rate for countries other than the United States. Public
holidays in different countries do not always coincide and therefore the
time series that are downloaded from our data providers may contain
missing values for trading days in other countries. The approach taken
in this regard is to replace the missing value with the most recent
value. 1 You may not be able to replicate this calculation due to
rounding.
Currencies:
Interactive chart help
This interactive chart provides price data in several currencies, frequencies and weight units. The first price series selected will be displayed in currency units on the primary vertical axis (left). The second series added will be displayed in currency units on the secondary vertical axis (right). Thereafter, price series will be zero-indexed to the first displayed date with the axis values displayed as cumulative % changes.Currencies:
- USD = US dollar
- GBP = pound sterling
- EUR = euro
- AUD = Australian dollar
- CAD = Canadian dollar
- CHF = Swiss franc
- JPY = Japanese yen
- ZAR = South African rand
- INR = Indian rupee
- CNY = Chinese renmimbi
- HKD = Hong Kong dollar
- MXN = Mexican peso
- Oz = 1 troy ounce
- Grammes = 0.032151 troy ounces
- Kg = 32.150747 troy ounces
- Tonnes = 32,150,7466 troy ounces
- Tael = 1.203370 troy ounces
- Tola = 0.374878 troy ounces
- Optimised data at the following frequencies:
- Between now and 5 years ago - daily
- 5 years ago and 15 years ago - weekly
- 15 years ago and 25 years ago - monthly
- more than 25 years ago - quarterly
- Quarterly
- Monthly
- Weekly
- Daily, please note loading daily data will slow down the chart system.