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XAUUSD at 4220.18, near Asia's low

USD Fed Governor Bowman Speech is scheduled for 12:15 UTC.

XAUUSD · Asia session · Published Sep 28, 2026, 1:25 AM

XAUUSD is 4220.18 within Asia's low of 4214.38 and high of 4280.51; the session range is 661.3 pips. The nearest round levels are 4220.00, 1.8 pips below, and 4230.00, 98.2 pips above.

New York's previous session closed at 4283.42 after a range of 612.0 pips. An ordinary day over the last 14 covers 904.7 pips; the latest day sits at percentile 12 of the last 42 days, which is a calm day for this market.

Next are USD Fed Governor Bowman Speech at 12:15 UTC and USD Fed Governor Cook Speech at 17:25 UTC, both impact 2 of 3. Our calendar covers through 2026-10-28 00:00 UTC.

Large speculators are net long 225853 contracts, with a weekly change of -4485 contracts, at percentile 76.50 of the last 52 weekly reports. The highest-graded headlines for XAUUSD, at impact 2 of 3, concern Japanese Yen weakness versus USD and Australian Dollar softness on hawkish Fed signals.

Session brief

  1. XAUUSD, Asia sessionOpen 4279.00, high 4280.51, low 4214.38, close 4220.18: a range of 661.3 pips over 205 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  2. XAUUSD price from our feedLast one-minute close 4220.18 at 2026-09-28 01:24 UTC, from our own candles.
  3. XAUUSD reference levelsPrevious day and previous week high and low, the session open and the round numbers either side, measured on our own candles.
  4. XAUUSD, previous trading dayHigh 4315.78, low 4254.58, close 4283.42 on 2026-09-25, a range of 612.0 pips, from our own candles on the trading day that starts 17:00 New York.
  5. XAUUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 904.7 pips. The latest day sits at the 12th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Fed Governor Bowman SpeechScheduled 2026-09-28 12:15 UTC, impact 2 of 3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  7. USD Fed Governor Cook SpeechScheduled 2026-09-28 17:25 UTC, impact 2 of 3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  8. Economic calendar for XAU and USD2 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-09-29 01:25 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-10-28 00:00 UTC.
  9. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 088691Large speculators are net long 225853 contracts, a change of -4485 on the week. That is the 76th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  10. Japanese Yen drifts lower vs bullish USD after BoJ Minutes as intervention risks loomFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.
  11. Australian Dollar softens to near 0.7000 on hawkish Fed signals, RBA rate decision loomsFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.

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