Gold price today, Friday, October 30, 2026: Gold slips below $4,000 as Mid-East concerns mount - Yahoo Finance

AI desk brief

Gold December futures opened at $4,033.60/oz on Friday, then slipped to $3,986.20 by 7:04 a.m. ET, briefly falling back below the $4,000 level. The article ties the move to renewed Middle East tension, including a tanker attack in the Strait of Hormuz, while Brent crude rose to $113.49/bbl, reinforcing the inflation/geopolitical bid for havens even as gold itself trades softer intraday.

On the weekly/monthly/yearly comparison, gold was down 0.2% versus a week earlier, down 4.3% versus a month earlier, and up 2.3% year on year.