May 22, 2026

Gold steady as US-Iran signals keep rate hike bets simmering

Spot gold was up 1.3% at $4 174.75 an ounce as of 1:32 p.m. in London.

Gold moved in a narrow range as conflicting signals on the progress of US-Iran ceasefire talks continued to keep traders guessing over whether central banks may need to keep interest rates higher for longer to combat inflation.

Bullion was trading around $4 540 an ounce, little changed from a week earlier. Tehran is in the process of responding to a text submitted by the US, which “has narrowed the gaps to some extent,” the semi-official Iranian Students’ News Agency reported on Thursday, without saying where it got the information.

 

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