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Gold at 4162.96, London range 208.2 pips

US PMI releases start at 13:45 UTC, 309 minutes away

XAUUSD · London session · Published Oct 5, 2026, 8:35 AM

Gold last traded at 4162.96, inside a London session that has run 208.2 pips between 4149.46 and 4170.27. The nearest level above is the prior session high at 4163.61, 6.5 pips away, then the round number at 4170.00, 70.4 pips above. Below sit the round number at 4160.00, 29.6 pips down, and the session open at 4155.44, 75.2 pips down.

Asia traded 390.6 pips between 4124.54 and 4163.61 and closed at 4155.44. The prior trading day ran 1006.2 pips from 4125.19 to 4225.82. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 863.0 pips, and the latest day sits at the 62nd percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

Five releases of impact 2 or 3 fall in the next 24 hours, starting with USD Final Services PMI at 13:45 UTC, 309 minutes away, forecast 58.7. USD ISM Services PMI follows at 14:00 UTC, forecast 55.1 against a previous 55.4. Over 91 past pmi_usd releases XAUUSD moved 63.71 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 111.38 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net long 218632 contracts, a change of -7221 on the week, the 73rd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for this instrument, graded impact 2 of 3, is from FXStreet at 08:30 UTC.

Session brief

  1. XAUUSD, London sessionOpen 4155.44, high 4170.27, low 4149.46, close 4162.96: a range of 208.2 pips over 95 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  2. XAUUSD reference levelsPrevious day and previous week high and low, the session open and the round numbers either side, measured on our own candles.
  3. XAUUSD, Asia sessionOpen 4142.14, high 4163.61, low 4124.54, close 4155.44: a range of 390.6 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. XAUUSD, previous trading dayHigh 4225.82, low 4125.19, close 4143.54 on 2026-10-02, a range of 1006.2 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 863.0 pips. The latest day sits at the 62nd percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Final Services PMIScheduled 2026-10-05 13:45 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 58.7. Previous 58.7. From Forex Factory.
  7. USD ISM Services PMIScheduled 2026-10-05 14:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 55.1. Previous 55.4. From Forex Factory.
  8. XAUUSD reaction to pmi_usdOver 91 past releases XAUUSD moved 63.71 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 111.38 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  9. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 088691Large speculators are net long 218632 contracts, a change of -7221 on the week. That is the 73rd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  10. Dow Jones futures slip as Middle East tensions offset Fed rate cut hopesFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.

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