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Diwali: The Hindu festival of lights is the largest annual gold-buying event in India. Dhanteras (two days before Diwali) is specifically dedicated to buying gold and silver. India sees billion-dollar surges in jewellery sales over the five-day Diwali season.
Monday — typically a high-volume trading day as markets digest weekend news. Asian gold imports often see Monday surges in major demand countries.
Day 300 of 365 · Q4 2025 · 82.2% through the year
October 2025 gold market: Gold crosses $4,000 for the first time
BullishA historic first break above $4,000.
Gold crossed the historic $4,000-per-ounce milestone in October 2025, a landmark for the metal. The break was powered by markets increasingly pricing in Fed rate cuts, rising political and economic uncertainty, and accelerating Western ETF inflows on top of the ever-present central-bank bid.
Crossing $4,000 — from below $2,100 just two years earlier — capped one of the great bull runs in gold's history. What set 2025 apart from prior record years was breadth of demand: central banks, returning Western ETFs, Asian physical buyers, and momentum traders were all active simultaneously. By October the World Gold Council was on its way to reporting a record number of all-time highs (around 53 for the year) and total gold demand surpassing 5,000 tonnes for the first time ever.
What drove gold in October 2025
- Fed rate-cut pricing
- accelerating Western ETF inflows
- political and economic uncertainty
- record central-bank demand
Key events in October 2025
- Oct 8Gold trades above $4,000/oz for the first time (verify exact date)
What happened next
Broadening institutional participation extended the bull market into year-end.
For gold buyers
Reaching $4,000 — nearly doubling in two years — confirmed 2025 as a historic year, driven by the broadest demand base gold had seen in decades.
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