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02/13/2026
At the close of trading on December 12, the spot price of gold fell by 162 dollars to 4,920 dollars per ounce. This is the lowest price for this year. Before the morning of February 13, the price dropped to 4911 dollars.
World prices for gold fell sharply on 12 February.
The market declined due to strong employment data in the US, which changed the likelihood of interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve System (FRS) from a short-term perspective. The fall in prices for high-value metals below 5,000 dollars has further increased the pressure on sellers.

“Gold was even more volatile the rest of the time, with a lot of people placing stop-loss orders when the price fell below $5,000 or rose above $5,100. The cooling of prices led to the appearance of sell orders,” explained Fawad Razaqzada, market analyst

Data published on February 11 showed that the US market, having launched a new river, was more optimistic and less resilient. The number of new workers in the city increased by 130,000 in 2025 after decreasing by 48,000 in 2025. The unemployment rate dropped further to 4.3%. It also showed that the number of initial applications for unemployment assistance last year changed to 227,000.

These figures will give the Fed even more influence in the economy and complicate the reduction of interest rates in the short-term perspective. Gold prices are increasingly being squeezed by periods of high interest rates, leaving many unable to pay the fixed interest rate.

Investors will now be on the lookout for a report on inflation in the US, which will be published on February 13th to provide additional data on the Fed's monetary policy. “Inflation is likely to fall from 2.7% to 2.5% or return to 2.4%. This will create a sense of urgency by lowering interest rates, thereby driving up gold prices,” commented Peter Grant, metals strategist at Zaner Metals.

The spot price for silver also fell by 9% to 76.50 dollars per ounce. Platinum fell by 5%, to 2032 dollars. Paladium fell in price by 3%, closing at 1,648 dollars.

On the US stock market on December 12, all three major indices fell sharply. The DJIA index lost 1.3% to 49,451 points. The S&P 500 index decreased by 1.6% to 6,832 points. The Nasdaq Composite Index lost 2%, closing at 22,597 points.

Wall Street stocks fell as investors were overwhelmed by the negative effects of human intelligence, such as the collapse of business models among wealthy industrialists and rising unemployment. Shares of financial, logistics, fixed-income and software companies collapsed under pressure due to the infusion of piece intelligence. Morgan Stanley shares fell 4.9%, CH Robinson – by as much as 14%, and Palantir Technology – by as much as 5%.

And as a result, shares of Havanese companies have grown. Shares of Walmart and Coca-Cola grew by 3.8% and 0.5% consistently. The group of consumer staples and utilities in the S&P 500 Index also grew by less than 1%.
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