Metals · Gold vs Swiss franc

XAUCHF price

CHF-118.48 (-3.57%) today
Bid 3,196.22Ask 3,196.98Spread 0.76Updated 20:54:59 UTC
Market closedOpens Sun 23:01 UTC
Day range
3,189.55 to 3,316.86
CHF 127.31 so far today
Previous close
3,314.70
The last session's close
52 week range
3,177.21 to 4,289.84
High set 28 Jan 2026
Average day range
CHF 66.14
Last 90 trading days

How XAUCHF moves through the day

Average XAUCHF range in each session as a share of its price, measured on every trading day since 2020.

Average range by session

Asia 00:00 to 07:000.67% · about CHF 21.41 today
London 07:00 to 12:000.64% · about CHF 20.36 today
London and New York 12:00 to 16:000.88% · about CHF 28.25 today
New York afternoon 16:00 to 21:000.55% · about CHF 17.42 today

Busiest hours (UTC)

00 to 11 top row12 to 23 bottom row

XAUCHF moves most from 13:00 to 15:00 UTC. The quietest hour starts at 04:00 UTC.

Size a XAUCHF trade

One standard lot of XAUCHF is 100 ounces on most brokers. Check your broker's contract size before you trade.

Position size
0.20 lots
Risking CHF 100.00 · CHF 20.00 per CHF 1 move
Your XAUCHF trades

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Example: your entry (green) and exit (red) drawn where they happened.
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XAUCHF questions

XAUCHF is the price of one troy ounce of gold in Swiss francs. XAU is the code for gold and CHF is the currency it is priced in.

Each broker quotes its own bid and ask from its own liquidity providers, so prices can differ a little from broker to broker. The prices here are indicative bid quotes. Spreads also widen around big news and when the market opens.

Spot gold trades nearly 24 hours a day from Sunday evening to Friday evening, New York time, with a short daily break around 17:00 New York time.

On most brokers one standard lot of XAUCHF is 100 ounces, so a move of 1.00 in the price is worth CHF 100.00 a lot and 0.01 lots moves CHF 1.00. Check your broker's contract size before you trade.

Mostly US interest rate expectations, the US dollar, inflation data and how much risk markets want to take. Gold often rises when the dollar and real interest rates fall.