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Gold at 4154.06 after an Asia range of 78.8 pips

The next scheduled event is USD Unemployment Claims at 2026-10-01 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3

XAUUSD · Asia session · Published Sep 30, 2026, 11:05 PM

Gold last traded at 4154.06. The Asia session has run between 4153.52 and 4161.40, a range of 78.8 pips over 66 minutes from an open of 4160.84. Closest above the last price are the session open at 4160.84, 67.8 pips above, and the round number 4160.00, 59.4 pips above; closest below are the round number 4150.00, 40.6 pips below, and the prior day low at 4147.36, 67 pips below.

The New York session opened at 4186.76, reached 4219.38 and 4147.36, and closed at 4158.18, a range of 720.2 pips over 540 minutes. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 905.9 pips, and the latest day sits at the 23rd percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market.

USD Unemployment Claims is scheduled for 2026-10-01 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3, forecast 201K against a previous 197K. Over 98 past releases of that family, XAUUSD moved 73.00 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 98.30 in the first 60, in either direction. USD Final Manufacturing PMI follows at 2026-10-01 13:45 UTC, impact 3 of 3, forecast 56.9 against a previous 57.0, a family that has moved XAUUSD 61.90 pips on average in the first 15 minutes over 93 past releases.

In the CFTC Commitments of Traders report of 2026-09-22, large speculators were net long 225853 contracts, a weekly change of -4485 and the 77th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The highest graded headlines for XAUUSD are the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis personal income and outlays release at 2026-09-30 12:31 UTC and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis GDP release at 2026-09-30 12:30 UTC, both graded impact 3 of 3. Fed's Cook says inflation has stayed too high for too long, published 2026-09-30 20:20 UTC and graded impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. XAUUSD price from our feedLast one-minute close 4154.06 at 2026-09-30 23:05 UTC, from our own candles.
  2. XAUUSD, Asia sessionOpen 4160.84, high 4161.40, low 4153.52, close 4154.06: a range of 78.8 pips over 66 minutes, from our own one-minute 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, New York sessionOpen 4186.76, high 4219.38, low 4147.36, close 4158.18: a range of 720.2 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  5. XAUUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 905.9 pips. The latest day sits at the 23rd percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Unemployment ClaimsScheduled 2026-10-01 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 201K. Previous 197K. From Forex Factory.
  7. XAUUSD reaction to jobless_claims_usdOver 98 past releases XAUUSD moved 73.00 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 98.30 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. USD Final Manufacturing PMIScheduled 2026-10-01 13:45 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 56.9. Previous 57.0. From Forex Factory.
  9. XAUUSD reaction to pmi_usdOver 93 past releases XAUUSD moved 61.90 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 109.40 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  10. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 088691Large speculators are net long 225853 contracts, a change of -4485 on the week. That is the 77th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  11. Personal Income and Outlays, August 2026U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Graded impact 3 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.
  12. GDP, (Third Estimate), Industries, Corporate Profits, State GDP, and State Personal Income, 2nd Quarter 2026; State PCE, 2025U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Graded impact 3 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.
  13. Fed’s Cook says inflation has stayed too high for too longFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.

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