Gold Price Today (December 12, 2025): Why Gold Is Down After a Seven-Week High — Fed Rate-Cut Bets, Dollar Bounce, and Profit-Taking in Focus
Updated: December 12, 2025 Gold is slightly lower in early trade today, even after a strong post-Fed rally pushed bullion to a seven‑week high. The move isn’t a full reversal—more a pause—driven mainly by profit-taking, a modest rebound in the U.S. dollar, and a short-term shift back into risk assets (stocks and industrial metals). The Economic Times+2Reuters+2 At the same time, the broader backdrop remains supportive: traders are still leaning toward further Federal Reserve easing in 2026, and physical-market pricing in Asia shows demand has cooled at these elevated levels—an important check on how fast prices can run. Reuters+1 Gold price today: latest spot and futures levels Gold’s direction