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‎Gold prices decline as dollar edges higher

Argaam - UAE News Trade press Published 21st September 2026 UAE

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‎<p><img src="https://argaamplus.s3.amazonaws.com/51e73901-de15-41d9-91d0-cf4ff2a86fab.png" ></p> <p class="ckeCaption" ><!--StartFragment-->Gold prices decline as dollar edges higher<!--EndFragment--></p> <hr> <p >Gold prices declined during Monday’s trading session as investors assessed geopolitical developments in the Middle East and their implications for inflation and global interest rates.</p> <p ></p> <p >Meanwhile, the dollar index, which measures the performance of the US currency against a basket of six major currencies, edged up 0.1% to 100.31.</p> <p ></p> <p >The precious metal decline was accompanied by lower oil prices amid expectations for diplomatic opportunities to end the US-Iran conflict on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meetings.</p> <p ></p> <p >This came after Iran and the US exchanged fresh threats over the weekend. President Donald Trump warned that Iran would face economic failure or the elimination of its leadership if it did not reach an agreement, while the Iranian military said it would respond forcefully to any new attack, Reuters reported.</p> <p ></p> <table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr > <td colspan="4" > <p ><strong>Changes in prices of selected precious metals in futures and spot markets</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr > <td > <p ><strong>Metal</strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><strong>Price ($/oz)</strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><strong>Change ($)</strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><strong>Change (%)</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr > <td > <p ><strong>Gold (October futures)</strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" >4,358.9</p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span >(31.8)</span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span >(0.70%)</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr > <td > <p ><strong>Gold (spot)</strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" >4,359.04</p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span >(19.59)</span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span >(0.45%)</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr > <td > <p ><strong>Silver (December futures)</strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" >66.650</p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span >(0.499)</span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span >(0.75%)</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr > <td > <p ><strong>Silver (spot)</strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" >66.2474</p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span >(0.01)</span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" >—</p> </td> </tr> <tr > <td > <p ><strong>Platinum (spot)</strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" >1,801.21</p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span >(1.19)</span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" >—</p> </td> </tr> <tr > <td > <p ><strong>Palladium (spot)</strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" >1,311.48</p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span >+7.91</span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span >+0.60%</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p ><em class="ckeCaption">*As of 8:22 a.m. Makkah time.</em></p>

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Argaam - UAE News · Trade Publication
Published
21st September 2026
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Geopolitical Risk
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UAE
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21st September 2026 · 06:46

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Significance 2 · Moderate
Confidence 3 · Moderate

Initial Significance Moderate (28.0/100). Strongest contributor: Geographic Breadth (10.0/10 points). Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity (3.0/30 points). Initial Confidence Moderate (46.5/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Extraction Quality (3.0/15 points).

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