{"id":1349049,"date":"2026-01-26T07:56:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T05:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/world-gold-prices-hit-historic-highs-how-much-does-the-precious-metal-cost\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T07:56:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T05:56:37","slug":"world-gold-prices-hit-historic-highs-how-much-does-the-precious-metal-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/world-gold-prices-hit-historic-highs-how-much-does-the-precious-metal-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"World gold prices hit historic highs: how much does the precious metal cost?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Global gold prices reached a new all-time high on January 26, surpassing $5,000 per troy ounce for the first time. Analysts expect the precious metal to continue to rise in value.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is reported byReuters<\/a> .<\/p>\n

According to journalists, the rise in gold prices is taking place against the backdrop of increasing geopolitical and financial uncertainty, which is stimulating investors to move to so-called “safe haven” assets.<\/p>\n

Spot gold was trading around $5,024 an ounce in late afternoon trading, while gold futures for February delivery also rose.<\/p>\n

Analysts note that the price of gold increased by more than 64% in 2025. This growth was supported by several factors, including low interest rates in the United States, active purchases of gold by central banks, primarily China, as well as record volumes of investments in funds backed by gold.<\/p>\n

Experts do not rule out a further increase in the value of the precious metal in 2026.<\/p>\n

“Our forecast for the year is that the gold price will peak at $6,400 per ounce, with an average price of $5,375,” said independent analyst Ross Norman.<\/p>\n

Reuters recalls that gold is traditionally considered a protective asset during periods of economic and political instability, and the current growth reflects increased investor demand for safe financial instruments.<\/p>\n

The agency also reports that silver is also setting records. Last week, its price exceeded $100 per ounce for the first time, continuing a rapid rise after a 147% increase in 2025.<\/p>\n

Earlier it was reported that gold and silver prices hit new records again amid a sharp increase in geopolitical tensions.<\/a> Investors are reacting to US President Donald Trump’s threats to impose new tariffs on European countries, as well as his statements about Greenland.<\/p>\n

Recall that the US dollar is experiencing one of its most difficult years in the last decade, and most investors expect it to weaken further in 2026.<\/a> Despite the temporary stabilization, the market does not believe in the long-term recovery of the American currency.<\/p>\n

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Global gold prices reached a new all-time high on January 26, surpassing $5,000 per troy ounce for the first time. Analysts expect the precious metal to continue to rise in value. This is reported byReuters . According to journalists, the rise in gold prices is taking place against the backdrop of increasing geopolitical and financial […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":427456,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76875,76892],"class_list":["post-1349049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1349049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1349049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1349049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}