Gold (XAUUSD) ended the week of 19-23 October at 3,997.08, down 4.05% from the previous Friday's close of 4,165.76.
The week's range ran from 3,975.61 to 4,190.42, a span of 5.16% of the previous close. The high came on Monday and the low on Friday.
Most of the movement came on Thursday 22 October, when the daily range reached 2.89%, well above the 20-day median daily range of 1.73% measured before the week. The other four days moved between 0.90% and 1.46%.
Weekly closes for the last five weeks:
- 21-25 September: 4,286.10 (-2.10%)
- 28 September - 2 October: 4,139.52 (-3.42%)
- 5-9 October: 4,194.91 (+1.34%)
- 12-16 October: 4,165.76 (-0.69%)
- 19-23 October: 3,997.08 (-4.05%)
Next week on the calendar:
- FOMC rate decision: Wednesday 28 October, 14:00 New York time.
- The next US jobs report (NFP) is due in early November.
About the data: prices from the IC Markets feed in MetaTrader 5, daily bars on server time (UTC+3). This is a description of past price movement, not a forecast and not trading advice.
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