Metals-API Blog: Comprehensive Precious Metals Pricing API

Gold moved on 2 October 2026 around the September US payrolls print. Reuters had spot gold $4,181.59 at 08:33 GMT, heading for a second weekly decline of more than 2% before the data. The Bureau of Labor Statistics then printed 29,000 jobs (consensus nearer 89,000). Kitco had spot $4,223 (+1%) after the release; their AM report printed $4,216.80. CNBC showed $4,218.01 at 9:00 a.m. ET. Those newswire prints are not the API fields. Metals-API GET /api/latest the same day, base=USD, symbols=XAU, returned rates.USDXAU 4192.80 (date 2026-10-02). 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.c...