Spot gold was $4,095 an ounce at 9 a.m. ET on October 14 2026, down $87 (2.1%) from the prior morning, 4.3% below a month earlier and 0.3% below a year earlier, as the hot September CPI lifted rate-hike bets; silver fell about 6% on the session. Gold has fallen from $4,278 at the September 24 reading while the ten-year reached a 24-year high.