Metals & Macro Liquidity

On August 31 at New York close, spot gold fell 0.18% to $4,447.12 per ounce, with cumulative August gains of approximately 9.90%. Spot silver rose 0.22% to $66.5273 per ounce, posting August gains of 15.50%. The price peak for gold was reached on August 25 at $4,696.83 per ounce during

On August 31 evening, Shanghai Gold Exchange gold T+D closed down 1.16% at 957.7 yuan per gram, while silver T+D fell 1.78% to 16,150 yuan per kilogram.

Shanghai Futures Exchange crude oil 2610 contract rose 3.36% overnight to 637.20 yuan per barrel. Shanghai gold and silver fell 1.88% and 2.74% respectively during the same session.

According to Moneycontrol, spot gold prices extended their decline on August 31, the final trading day of August, falling over 3 percent and marking the largest single-day drop since June 10. Prices briefly dipped below $4,400 per ounce during Monday trading before trimming losses. GAMA Asset

South Africa's FTSE/JSE Africa Top 40 index fell 1.73% on Monday (Aug 31), breaking below the 109,000-point level. The benchmark is up 5.33% for the month. Spot gold gained 9.30% in August. The South African rand strengthened 2.47% against the U.S.

According to Shanghai Gold Exchange, on Aug 31 evening session, gold T+D fell 0.61% to 963.0 yuan/gram, while silver T+D declined 0.26% to 16,400 yuan/kg.

According to a U.S. Treasury announcement on August 19, the department doubled the maximum size of its long-term debt buyback operations from $2 billion to at least $4 billion per operation, effective September 9. The policy targets the 10-to-30-year sectors of the yield curve. On the announcement,

According to Nanhua Futures, gold and silver futures fell sharply on Aug 31 as Fed Chair Powell signaled a hawkish stance at the Jackson Hole economic symposium, lifting market expectations for a September rate hike to nearly 60%. The hawkish remarks also pushed long-term U.S. Treasury yields

According to Michael Hartnett, Bank of America's Chief Investment Officer, contrarian investors are closely monitoring two potential market-turning signals before shifting to defensive assets. In his latest Flow Show report, Hartnett identified the first signal as easing U.S.-Iran tensions and

Gate News reports that, according to an official Gate announcement, Gate will launch futures trading for JD (Jingdong), BTGO (BitGo), RDDT (Reddit), SLV (iShares Silver Trust), ORCL (Oracle Corporation), and AMZN (Amazon) at 18:00 (UTC+8) on August 31, 2026, supporting 1x–20x leverage for both long and short positions. Copy Trading and Bots services for the aforementioned perpetual contracts will be available within one hour of launch. JD is a leading supply-chain-based retail company founded in

Turkey's Central Bank launched a 1-week gold-for-lira reverse repo auction today, with a total size of 6 tons. The operation is conducted through traditional methods.

According to Jin10 Data, the Shanghai Gold Exchange released its trading update on Aug 31 (Monday). For deferred compensation fees: Au(T+D) longs pay shorts, while Ag(T+D) shorts pay longs.

Spot silver surged 1.00% intraday to $66.99 per ounce on August 31.

On August 31 (Monday), gold and silver futures on the Shanghai Gold Exchange closed lower. Gold T+D (spot deferred) fell 2.99% to 961.0 yuan per gram, while silver T+D declined 3.16% to 16,310.0 yuan per

According to Jin10, as of August 31 at 15:11, China's futures market experienced significant capital flows. On the inflow side, CSI 1000 (September contract) led with 2.381 billion yuan, followed by CSI 500 with 2.247 billion yuan and coking coal (January 2027 contract) with 1.830 billion yuan. On t

According to Shanghai Futures Exchange data released on Aug 31, most base metal and precious metal futures inventory declined on the trading day. Zinc futures warehouse receipts fell 9,497 tons to 102,672 tons, marking the largest daily decrease among tracked metals. Aluminum inventory

According to Jin10, Shanghai gold closed at 959.97 yuan per gram at noon on August 31, 2026, trading 0.7 yuan higher than the international gold price of 959.27 yuan per gram.

According to Jin10 Futures, spot platinum and spot palladium declined at noon Beijing time on August 31. Platinum fell 1.09%, while palladium dropped 1.55%.

Gold, silver, and copper prices surged in recent weeks amid growing uncertainty over interest rates and exchange rates driven by 'Bessentnomics'—economic policies of US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent focused on fiscal austerity, inflation control, and a weaker dollar. On May 28 (local time), inter

On August 31, Chinese commodity futures showed broad gains at the noon close, with SC crude oil rising over 7%, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and coking coal climbing over 6%, and methanol, propylene, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), ethylene glycol (EG), and bottle flakes hitting daily limits at 6% gains.