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Gold Information for Traders
What is the Spot Gold Price?
The spot gold price is de current gold price to buy and sell gold right now for almost immediate payment and delivery by professional bullion dealers. Typically, the spot gold price is quoted in U.S. Dollars per troy ounce (USD/oz). This is the standard measure in which gold is traded on the international markets.
The spot price is continually changing because it is the price at which buyers and sellers agree to value gold driven by supply and demand.
Gold Market Trading Hours
Gold trading is worldwide available around the clock. The three major gold trading centers are London, New York and Shanghai.
The COMEX exchange in New York (USA), formerly known as Commodity Exchange Inc. and now a division of CME Group, is the main exchange for gold futures and options. It has the highest trading volumes and offers gold trading almost 24 hours a day.
Online gold trading hours in Australia, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, South Africa, Thailand, and The Philippines run also almost 24 hours a day.
The opening times and online trading hours of other important gold trading exchanges are listed below with the GMT time (Greenwich Mean Time = London time) and the Local time. Trading times may vary over weekends and holidays.
Country | City | GMT Time Zone | Local Time |
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Japan | Tokyo | 00:00 – 06:30 / 08:00 – 14:00 | 9:00am – 3:30pm / 5:00pm – 11:00pm |
China | Shanghai | 01:00 – 03:30 / 05:30 – 07:00 | 9:00am – 11:30pm / 1:30pm – 3:00pm |
China | Hong Kong | 01:00 – 04:30 / 06:30 – 09:00 | 9:00am – 12:30pm / 2:30pm – 5:00pm |
Indonesia | Jakarta | 02:30 – 10:30 | 9:30am – 5:30pm |
India | Mumbai | 04:30 – 18:00 | 10:00am – 11:30pm |
UAE | Dubai | 04:30 – 07:30 | 8:30am – 11:30pm |
Pakistan | Islamabad | 05:00 – 13:00 | 10:00am – 6:00pm |
Turkey | Istanbul | 7:45 – 15:30 / 15:45 – 7:40 | 9:45am – 5:30pm / 5:45pm – 9:40am |
UK | London | 08:00 – 17:00 | 8:00am – 5:00pm |
Brazil | Sao Paulo | 13:00 – 20:00 / 20:45 – 22:00 | 10:00am – 5:00pm / 5:45pm – 7:00pm |
USA | New York | 13:20 – 18:30 | 8:20am – 1:30pm |