Signal · Geopolitical Risk

‎Gold prices rise, silver jumps more than 2%

Argaam - Main News Trade press Published 18th September 2026 Saudi Arabia

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‎<img src="https://argaamplus.s3.amazonaws.com/51e73901-de15-41d9-91d0-cf4ff2a86fab.png" > Gold bars <hr> Gold and silver prices rose during trading today, Sept. 18, as market participants remained focused on developments in the Middle East and the outlook for global monetary policy. Meanwhile, the dollar index, which measures the US currency’s performance against a basket of six major currencies, edged up 0.1% to 100.37. Goldman Sachs maintained its gold price forecast at $5,400 by end-2027 despite the Federal Reserve’s rate hike, noting that tighter monetary policy could slow the precious metal’s gains but would not halt them, Reuters reported. This follows the Bank of Japan’s decision today to raise interest rates to their highest level in 31 years, signaling its readiness to continue increasing borrowing costs. Meanwhile, the Bank of England left interest rates unchanged on Sept. 17 but warned that a rate hike may be needed. <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr > <td colspan="4" > Changes in Precious Metals Prices </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Metal </td> <td > Price ($/oz) </td> <td > Change ($) </td> <td > Change (%) </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Gold (October delivery) </td> <td > 4,398.3 </td> <td > +32.8 </td> <td > +0.75% </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Gold (spot) </td> <td > 4,395.01 </td> <td > +53.31 </td> <td > +1.25% </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Silver (December delivery) </td> <td > 67.750 </td> <td > +1.67 </td> <td > +2.55% </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Silver (spot) </td> <td > 67.2380 </td> <td > +2.01 </td> <td > +3.10% </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Platinum (spot) </td> <td > 1,819.49 </td> <td > +45.72 </td> <td > +2.60% </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Palladium (spot) </td> <td > 1,331.82 </td> <td > +50.14 </td> <td > +3.90% </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> *At 12:04 a.m. Makkah time.

Publication: Argaam - Main News · Trade Publication
Published: 18th September 2026
Original report: argaam.com

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Category: Geopolitical Risk
Geography: Saudi Arabia
Organisations: None identified
Collected: 18th September 2026 · 11:40

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Significance 3 · Material

Confidence 3 · Moderate

Initial Significance Material (42.0/100). Strongest contributor: Likely Event Severity (15.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Initial Confidence Moderate (56.25/100, data sufficiency: Sufficient, Sufficient via independent_corroboration). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Corroboration (10.0/25 points).

Strongest contributor: Likely Event Severity
Limiting factor: Procurement Impact

Possibly the same underlying story as Gold prices fall 0.5% — flagged automatically, never merged automatically.

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Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.