Why Gold Moved on 2 October 2026
Gold moved on 2 October 2026 around the September US payrolls print. Reuters had spot gold $4,181.59 at 08:33 GMT, heading for a second weekly decline of more than 2% before the data. The Bureau of Labor Statistics then printed 29,000 jobs (consensus nearer 89,000). Kitco had spot $4,223 (+1%) after the release; their AM report printed $4,216.80. CNBC showed $4,218.01 at 9:00 a.m. ET.
Those newswire prints are not the API fields. Metals-API GET /api/latest the same day, base=USD, symbols=XAU, returned rates.USDXAU 4192.80 (date 2026-10-02). Copper Monthly starts at $19.99/mo. There is no Free Trial. Docs: metals-api.com/documentation.
Request: latest XAU on the day
curl "https://metals-api.com/api/latest?access_key=YOUR_API_KEY&base=USD&symbols=XAU"Response: live Metals-API latest (2026-10-02)
{
"success": true,
"timestamp": 1790948640,
"base": "USD",
"date": "2026-10-02",
"rates": {
"XAU": 0.00023850410227056,
"USDXAU": 4192.799999999984
}
}Read rates.USDXAU for USD per troy ounce. rates.XAU is ounces per 1 USD. Do not paste $4,223 or $4,181.59 into rates.*.
Go live
1. Register — Copper Monthly $19.99/mo. No Free Trial.
2. Copy access_key.
3. GET /api/latest with symbols=XAU.
4. Chart rates.USDXAU and keep the newswire print in a separate column.