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XAUUSD near the London session high

USD S&P/CS HPI Composite-20 n.s.a. m/m is next at 13:00 UTC.

XAUUSD · London session · Published Sep 29, 2026, 11:25 AM

The London range is between 4136.02 and 4161.02, spanning 249.9 pips; the last price is 4160.66, inside the range. The nearest round levels are 4170.00, 93.4 pips above, and 4160.00, 6.6 pips below.

Asia opened at 4118.69 and closed at 4140.52, with a range of 354.7 pips. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 956.1 pips; the latest day sits at the 93th percentile of the last 42 days, an unusually wide day for this market.

USD S&P/CS HPI Composite-20 n.s.a. m/m and USD S&P/CS Composite-20 HPI y/y are scheduled at 13:00 UTC; USD JOLTS Job Openings and USD CB Consumer Confidence are scheduled at 14:00 UTC. Across 111 past housing_usd releases, XAUUSD moved 57.23 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 98.81 pips in the first 60, in either direction.

CFTC large speculators are net long 225853 contracts and their position changed by -4485 on the week; the 52-week percentile is 76.50. The highest-graded headline for XAUUSD reports an RBA rate hike and is graded 3 of 3.

Session brief

  1. XAUUSD, London sessionOpen 4140.54, high 4161.02, low 4136.02, close 4160.66: a range of 249.9 pips over 265 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  2. XAUUSD price from our feedLast one-minute close 4160.66 at 2026-09-29 11:24 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, Asia sessionOpen 4118.69, high 4148.42, low 4112.95, close 4140.52: a range of 354.7 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  5. XAUUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 956.1 pips. The latest day sits at the 93th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an unusually wide day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD S&P/CS HPI Composite-20 n.s.a. m/mScheduled 2026-09-29 13:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 0.2%. Previous 0.4%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  7. USD S&P/CS Composite-20 HPI y/yScheduled 2026-09-29 13:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 2.2%. Previous 2.1%. From Forex Factory.
  8. USD JOLTS Job OpeningsScheduled 2026-09-29 14:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 7.23M. Previous 7.27M. From Forex Factory.
  9. USD CB Consumer ConfidenceScheduled 2026-09-29 14:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 89.2. Previous 89.4. From Forex Factory.
  10. XAUUSD reaction to housing_usdOver 111 past releases XAUUSD moved 57.23 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 98.81 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  11. 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.
  12. Australian Dollar gains as RBA hikes interest rates by 25 bps to 4.6%FXStreet. Graded impact 3 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.

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