{"slug":"gold-weekly-2026-08-21","report_type":"gold_weekly","week_start":"2026-08-17","week_end":"2026-08-21","title":"Gold weekly: XAU/USD rose 5.36% in the week ending August 21, 2026","description":"Gold opened at $4,370.57, closed at $4,604.65, and traded between $4,328.42 and $4,631.67 across 7,193 non-stale observations.","body_markdown":"Gold rose 5.36% during the completed week ending August 21, 2026. It opened at $4,370.57, reached a weekly high of $4,631.67, reached a weekly low of $4,328.42, and closed at $4,604.65 per troy ounce.\n\n## Weekly XAU/USD summary\n\n| Metric | Value |\n| --- | ---: |\n| Open | $4,370.57 |\n| High | $4,631.67 |\n| Low | $4,328.42 |\n| Close | $4,604.65 |\n| Weekly change | +5.36% |\n| High-to-low range | 7.01% |\n\n## Data window\n\nThis report uses 7,193 non-stale XAU/USD observations from 2026-08-17 through 2026-08-21. The first included observation was 2026-08-17T00:00:07.125915+00:00; the last was 2026-08-21T23:59:03.889813+00:00.\n\n## Method\n\nWeekly change is `(last observation / first observation - 1) × 100`. The weekly high and low are the maximum and minimum non-stale observations in the completed window. The high-to-low range is `(weekly high / weekly low - 1) × 100`.\n\nDownload the [machine-readable report](/research/weekly-gold/2026-08-21) to reproduce or reuse these figures.\n\nThis automated report describes a completed historical week. It is not a forecast, signal, or trading recommendation.\n","facts":{"low":4328.423,"high":4631.668,"open":4370.572,"close":4604.647,"symbol":"XAU-USD-SPOT","interval":"aggregated_observations","week_end":"2026-08-21","week_start":"2026-08-17","range_percent":7.0059,"change_percent":5.3557,"last_observation":"2026-08-21T23:59:03.889813+00:00","first_observation":"2026-08-17T00:00:07.125915+00:00","observation_count":7193},"source_hash":"8418f3096c66b6c8b514ee1582a27efa60640b2ef9e8b5630c10cbdf38c0f492","published_at":"2026-08-27T02:10:45.396909+00:00"}