Gold futures for December opened at $4,032.80 per troy ounce on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, down 0.1% from Monday's close, and slipped to $4,025.50 by 6:57 a.m. ET. Prices have fallen for a week and opened in the $4,000 range for three straight days ahead of the Fed's FOMC meeting. Standard Chartered's Suki Cooper described gold at a “critical juncture,” warning that support could fade quickly if the metal fails to hold technical support at $3,886 an ounce. Opening prices were down 3.1% versus last week, 6.4% versus last month and 1.7% versus last year. Darrell Fletcher of Bannockburn Capital Markets said buying high to hope for short-term gains is a tough strategy, while Thomas Winmill of Midas Funds views gold positions as speculative.
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