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XAU/USD-Linked Gold — 10-Day Trend
All prices in ₹ per gram · daily rate, updated once per day
What XAU/USD Actually Means
XAU is gold's currency-style code: "AU" is gold's chemical symbol, and the "X" prefix marks it as a precious metal rather than a national currency, under the same ISO 4217 numbering system that gives currencies their three-letter codes. Paired as XAU/USD, it's quoted exactly the way a forex pair like EUR/USD is — as how many US dollars one unit of the base asset is worth. Here, that base unit is one troy ounce of gold, so the pair reads as "US dollars per troy ounce."
This is a trading convention, not a separate gold market. Forex and CFD platforms display gold as XAU/USD specifically so it fits the same charting tools, bid/ask spread display and order-entry system already built for currency trading — the underlying price still traces back to the same international spot market that feeds LBMA and exchange benchmarks. MetalsCost's own tracked reference, ₹15,031.44 per gram as of September 14, 2026, is that same gold market expressed in India's own unit and currency instead.
Gold Converted to Indian Units
Today's Gold rate is Fifteen Thousand Thirty One Rupees per gram. At this rate, 10 grams of Gold costs One Lakh Fifty Thousand Three Hundred and Fourteen Rupees.
| Unit | Weight | Price (INR) | Price in Words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Gram | 1.0000 g | ₹15,031.44 | Fifteen Thousand Thirty One Rupees |
| 8 Grams | 8.0000 g | ₹120,251.52 | One Lakh Twenty Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Two Rupees |
| 10 Grams | 10.0000 g | ₹150,314.40 | One Lakh Fifty Thousand Three Hundred and Fourteen Rupees |
| 100 Grams | 100.0000 g | ₹1,503,143.98 | Fifteen Lakh Three Thousand One Hundred and Forty Four Rupees |
| 1 Kilogram | 1,000.0000 g | ₹15,031,439.79 | One Crore Fifty Lakh Thirty One Thousand Four Hundred and Forty Rupees |
| 1 Ounce (oz) | 28.3495 g | ₹426,133.80 | Four Lakh Twenty Six Thousand One Hundred and Thirty Four Rupees |
| 1 Troy Ounce | 31.1035 g | ₹467,530.39 | Four Lakh Sixty Seven Thousand Five Hundred and Thirty Rupees |
| 1 Metric Ton | 1,000,000.0000 g | ₹15,031,439,791.00 | One Thousand Five Hundred and Three Crore Fourteen Lakh Thirty Nine Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety One Rupees |
Why Traders Use a Currency-Pair Format for a Metal
Quoting gold as a currency pair isn't cosmetic — it reflects how gold actually behaves in professional trading: as a widely-held reserve asset that competes with the dollar itself, not just an industrial commodity like copper or aluminium. A trading terminal that already handles EUR/USD, GBP/USD and USD/JPY can price XAU/USD through the exact same infrastructure, with the same tick conventions and margining logic — which is a big part of why this ticker format stuck.
XAU/USD vs a plain "gold price in dollars" page
Both describe the same underlying market, but they're built for different readers. XAU/USD is the ticker a forex or commodities trader tracks on a trading platform. If you'd rather see the plain conversion — how today's gold value works out in US dollars, spelled out step by step against MetalsCost's own live INR rate — our Gold Price USD page covers exactly that, without the trader-terminal framing.
XAU/USD-Linked Gold — Last 10 Days
The most recent Gold price on record (2026-09-14) is Fifteen Thousand Thirty One Rupees per gram. This is down by Two Hundred and Sixty Nine Rupees from the previous day's rate of ₹15,300.41.
| Date | Price (INR/g) | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-14 | ₹15,031.44 | -268.97 |
| 2026-09-13 | ₹15,300.41 | 0.00 |
| 2026-09-12 | ₹15,300.41 | -46.74 |
| 2026-09-11 | ₹15,347.15 | +66.38 |
| 2026-09-10 | ₹15,280.77 | -141.47 |
| 2026-09-09 | ₹15,422.24 | +121.11 |
| 2026-09-08 | ₹15,301.14 | -1.46 |
| 2026-09-07 | ₹15,302.59 | -8.75 |
| 2026-09-06 | ₹15,311.34 | 0.00 |
| 2026-09-05 | ₹15,311.34 | — |
XAU/USD and India's Gold Rate
India's own gold pricing chain runs through this same international benchmark: the global spot price (which XAU/USD tracks) feeds MCX futures, which in turn feed the domestic retail rate, once the USD/INR exchange rate and import costs are layered in. See our MCX Gold Rate page for how that specific Indian contract is built, or our World Gold Price page for the LBMA benchmark itself.
XAU/USD FAQs
XAU is gold's currency-style code — the "AU" is gold's chemical symbol (from the Latin aurum), with an "X" prefix used for non-national currencies and precious metals under the same ISO 4217 numbering convention that gives currencies their three-letter codes.
XAU/USD is quoted the same way a forex pair like EUR/USD is: it states how many US dollars one unit of the base asset is worth. Here, the base unit is one troy ounce of gold, so "XAU/USD" is read as "US dollars per troy ounce of gold" — the format forex platforms, CFD brokers and trading terminals use to display the live gold price.
Forex and commodity traders on brokerage and CFD platforms, because treating gold like a currency pair lets it sit in the same interface, charting tools and order-entry system used for actual currency trading — bid/ask spread, pip-style price ticks and all. It's a trading convention, not a separate gold market from LBMA spot or exchange futures — it's the same underlying price, displayed in forex terms.
They describe the same underlying price, but XAU/USD is specifically the trader's ticker-symbol framing — used for placing and tracking forex-style trades. For a plain-English breakdown of what gold is worth in dollars, with the INR conversion math spelled out, see our Gold Price USD page instead.
MetalsCost's own tracked 24K gold benchmark is ₹15,031.44 per gram as of September 14, 2026. That's a domestic INR-per-gram figure — a different unit and currency from the USD-per-troy-ounce convention XAU/USD uses, though both track the same underlying gold market.
