MOSCOW, August 31. /TASS/. The price of gold futures contracts for August delivery on the COMEX exchange has declined below $4,450 per troy ounce for the first time since August 19, 2026, according to trading data.

As of 5:48 Moscow time, (2:48 a.m. GMT) the gold price was down by 1.86% at $4,445.6 per troy ounce.

By 5:59 Moscow time (2:59 a.m. GMT), the decline slowed down, with gold trading at $4,472.4 per troy ounce (-1.27%).