# Gold Falls 2.04% to $3,941.05 an Ounce in Friday Trading

By Enna Lee

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Published: 2026-10-30T13:35:46.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-30T13:35:46.000Z
Section: Investing

> Silver fell 3.83%, while WTI and Brent crude rose more than 1% in the same morning market snapshot.

Gold fell 2.04% to $3,941.05 an ounce by 9:31 a.m. ET Friday, while silver dropped more sharply, putting precious metals lower in a mixed commodities session.

Silver fell 3.83% to $49.771 an ounce, a steeper percentage decline than gold in the same session. The two precious metals were both lower at the morning snapshot.

Crude oil moved the other way: West Texas Intermediate rose 1.13% to $104.69 a barrel, while Brent gained 1.35% to $117.49. The snapshot showed losses in precious metals alongside gains in both oil benchmarks.

European equity indexes were mixed. The EUSTX50 slipped 0.55% to 6,148.17, Germany's DAX 40 lost 0.82% to 25,867, and the UK's FTSE 100 added 0.04% to 10,729.8.

Foreign-exchange moves were also lower for the dollar: USD/CNH fell 0.08% to 6.65105, and USD/JPY declined 0.26% to 157.299. Gold is a major traditional market watched alongside crypto, and the morning readings showed different moves across metals, energy and equities.