Gold price today, Wednesday, December 31: Gold price declines but remains on track for a record year

Gold (GC=F) futures opened at $4,353 per troy ounce Wednesday, down 0.8% from Tuesday’s closing price of $4,386.30. The price of gold also declined in early trading. Despite the price volatility this week, gold is tracking to realize a 2025 gain of roughly 65%. That would be the second-best calendar-year performance in nearly five decades. According to the In Gold We Trust report, the yellow metal’s top-performing year was 1979, when the price of gold grew by over 126%. The worst year was 1981, when gol ...