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XAUUSD near 4290.00 after New York range

Fed’s Hammack says policy still isn’t restrictive despite high inflation.

XAUUSD · New York session · Published Sep 25, 2026, 8:00 PM

XAUUSD is 4291.86 within the New York range between 4254.58 and 4309.70, spanning 551.2 pips. The nearest round levels are 4300.00 above, 81.4 pips away, and 4290.00 below, 18.6 pips away.

London closed at 4303.08 after a range between 4271.44 and 4315.78 of 443.4 pips. An ordinary day runs 899.7 pips; the latest day was at the 9th percentile of the last 44 days, which is a calm day for this market.

The calendar lists USD CFTC Gold Non-Commercial Net Positions at 19:30 UTC, with 230.3 K as the previous reading. Our calendar covers through 2026-10-25 00:00 UTC.

Large speculators were net long 225853 contracts, with a weekly change of -4485, at the 76.50 percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The highest-graded headline for XAUUSD was “Fed’s Hammack says policy still isn’t restrictive despite high inflation.”

Session brief

  1. XAUUSD, New York sessionOpen 4303.12, high 4309.70, low 4254.58, close 4291.86: a range of 551.2 pips over 481 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, London sessionOpen 4275.84, high 4315.78, low 4271.44, close 4303.08: a range of 443.4 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. XAUUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 899.7 pips. The latest day sits at the 9th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD CFTC Gold Non-Commercial Net PositionsScheduled 2026-09-25 19:30 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Previous 230.3 K. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  6. Economic calendar for XAU and USD4 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-09-26 20:00 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-10-25 00:00 UTC.
  7. 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.
  8. Fed’s Hammack says policy still isn’t restrictive despite high inflationFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.

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