Gold Hits Record High Of $4,383.76 On US Rate Cut Bets

Monday's gain pushed the commodity past its previous high of $4,381.52, touched in October.

By Channels Television

Updated December 22, 2025

A worker displays a one kilogram gold bullion bar at the ABC Refinery in Sydney on August 5, 2020. Gold prices shot to a record high on December 22, 2025 as investors grow increasingly optimistic the US Federal Reserve will continue to cut interest rates through next year.

Gold prices shot to a record high on Monday as investors grew increasingly optimistic that the US Federal Reserve will continue to cut interest rates through next year.

The precious metal hit a peak of $4,383.76 in early trade as a string of data last week pointing to further weakness in the US labour market and easing inflation gave the central bank room to ease monetary policy further.

Monday’s gain pushed the commodity past its previous high of $4,381.52, touched in October.

AFP