{"slug":"gold-weekly-2026-09-18","report_type":"gold_weekly","week_start":"2026-09-14","week_end":"2026-09-18","title":"Gold weekly: XAU/USD rose 1.05% in the week ending September 18, 2026","description":"Gold opened at $4,332.98, closed at $4,378.48, and traded between $4,240.56 and $4,398.74 across 6,535 non-stale observations.","body_markdown":"Gold rose 1.05% during the completed week ending September 18, 2026. It opened at $4,332.98, reached a weekly high of $4,398.74, reached a weekly low of $4,240.56, and closed at $4,378.48 per troy ounce.\n\n## Weekly XAU/USD summary\n\n| Metric | Value |\n| --- | ---: |\n| Open | $4,332.98 |\n| High | $4,398.74 |\n| Low | $4,240.56 |\n| Close | $4,378.48 |\n| Weekly change | +1.05% |\n| High-to-low range | 3.73% |\n\n## Data window\n\nThis report uses 6,535 non-stale XAU/USD observations from 2026-09-14 through 2026-09-18. The first included observation was 2026-09-14T00:00:04.359578+00:00; the last was 2026-09-18T20:16:05.233081+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/2026-09-18) 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":4240.5575,"high":4398.7425,"open":4332.98,"close":4378.482,"symbol":"XAU-USD-SPOT","interval":"aggregated_observations","week_end":"2026-09-18","week_start":"2026-09-14","range_percent":3.7303,"change_percent":1.0501,"last_observation":"2026-09-18T20:16:05.233081+00:00","first_observation":"2026-09-14T00:00:04.359578+00:00","observation_count":6535},"source_hash":"c5e7f0b0e8425d6fff081ed5afc5ef3fe264c365aa1aa44b34e6d44cc4a5171c","published_at":"2026-09-19T01:30:42.647273+00:00"}