Gold price tops $4,200/oz for first time since July 6

TASS · Aug 05, 2026 · 72 words

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What to know about Gold price tops $4,200/oz for first time since July 6

Gold futures for December delivery on the Comex exchange reached over $4,200 per troy ounce on August 5. The price saw a gain of approximately 1.19% within a short timeframe, marking its highest level since July 2026.

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What happened

Gold futures for December delivery on the Comex exchange surpassed $4,200 per troy ounce today, hitting their highest level since July 6, 2026, market data shows.

Why it matters

GMT), gold prices rose 1.15% to $4,200.4 per troy ounce.

Common ground

GMT), the futures price accelerated, pushing the contract further up to $4,201.9 per ounce, a 1.19% gain.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “hitting their highest level since July 6, 2026”

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The evidence provided mentions gold prices in 2026 and an all-time high in January 2026, but there is no mention of a specific price peak or level on July 6, 2026, to corroborate this claim.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gold is a chemical element; its chemical symbol is Au (from Latin aurum) and atomic number 79. In its pure form, it is a bright-metallic-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — XXXX Gold is a mid-strength lager from Australia manufactured in the state of Queensland, Australia, by Castlemaine Perkins. It is one of Australia's most popular beers, and is part of the XXXX beer b…
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Claim 2: “As of 8:24 a.m. Moscow time (05:24 a.m. GMT), gold prices rose 1.15% to $4,200.4 per troy ounce.”

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One source mentions gold trading at $4,270, which is in the general range of the claim, but the specific timestamp (05:24 GMT), the exact price ($4,200.4), and the percentage increase (1.15%) are not corroborated by any other provided evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. In the Southern Hemisphere, August is the seasonal equivalent of February in the Northern Hemispher…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the local mean time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, counted from midnight. At different times in the past, it has been calculated in different ways, includi…
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Claim 3: “Gold futures for December delivery on the Comex exchange surpassed $4,200 per troy ounce today”

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While one web search result mentions gold trading at $4,270 per troy ounce (which would encompass the $4,200 mark), there is no specific corroboration for the exact date of August 5 or the specific Comex December delivery contract surpassing $4,200 on that day across multiple independent sources.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) is a commodity futures exchange owned and operated by CME Group of Chicago. NYMEX is located at One North End Avenue in Brookfield Place in the Battery Park Ci…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Mercantile_Exchange

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sherwin-Williams is an American paints and coatings company based in Cleveland, Ohio. It is primarily engaged in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of paints, coatings, floor coverings, and relat…
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Claim 4: “By 8:31 a.m. Moscow time (05:31 a.m. GMT), the futures price accelerated, pushing the contract further up to $4,201.9 per ounce, a 1.19% gain.”

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Similar to claim 2, while general gold prices in 2026 are shown to be high (around $4,270), the specific intraday movement to $4,201.9 at 05:31 GMT is not corroborated by any independent source in the provided evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A diving watch, also commonly referred to as a diver's or dive watch, is a watch designed for underwater diving that features, as a minimum, a water resistance greater than 1.1 MPa (11 atm), the equiv…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date Sea-Dweller is a line of diver's watches manufactured by Rolex, with an underwater diving depth rating of 1,220 meters (4 000 ft) and up to 3,900 metres (12,800 ft) fo…
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