XPTUSD price
How platinum moves through the day
Average XPTUSD range in each session as a share of its price, measured on every trading day since 2014.
Average range by session
Busiest hours (UTC)
Platinum moves most from 12:00 to 15:00 UTC. The quietest hour starts at 04:00 UTC.
Size a platinum trade
One standard lot of XPTUSD is 100 ounces on most brokers. Check your broker's contract size before you trade.
See your own XPTUSD trades on this chart
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XPTUSD questions
XPTUSD is the price of one troy ounce of platinum in US dollars. XPT is the code for platinum and USD 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 platinum 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 XPTUSD is 100 ounces, so a move of 1.00 in the price is worth $100.00 a lot and 0.01 lots moves $1.00. Check your broker's contract size before you trade.
Supply from a small number of mining countries, demand from industry and car makers, the US dollar and the mood across markets.