Why Gold Rose on 1 October 2026
Gold rose on 1 October 2026 after a softer-than-expected US inflation print lowered October Fed-hike odds. Reuters via Kitco had spot gold $4,183.22 (+0.6%) at 11:51 GMT, with December futures $4,212.80. The metal fell more than 6% in September. Kitco’s live board at 7:08 a.m. ET printed $4,171.80 (+$15.70 / +0.38%).
Those newswire prints are not the API fields. Metals-API GET /api/latest the same day, base=USD, symbols=XAU, returned rates.USDXAU 4171.40 (date 2026-10-01). 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 (2026-10-01)
{
"success": true,
"timestamp": 1790869440,
"base": "USD",
"date": "2026-10-01",
"rates": {
"XAU": 0.0002397276693676,
"USDXAU": 4171.399999999972
}
}Read rates.USDXAU for USD per troy ounce. rates.XAU is ounces per 1 USD. Dated /api/2026-10-01 omitted USDXAU; invert 1 / rates.XAU on that call (1 / 0.00023991746839087 ≈ 4168.10). Do not paste $4,183.22 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.