Gold price today: GLD stock slips as dollar firms on jobless-claims surprise, Fed in view
New York, Jan 15, 2026, 13:11 EST — Regular session SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) dropped roughly 0.4% to $424.10 during early afternoon trading in New York on Thursday, following a modest dip in gold prices. Spot gold slipped 0.1% to $4,614.97 an ounce by late morning, easing off a record high of $4,642.72 hit the previous day. U.S. February gold futures dropped 0.3% to $4,619.80. The dollar index, measuring the greenback against major currencies, climbed to its strongest level since Dec. 2. Peter Grant at Zaner Metals described this as “a bit of a headwind” for gold. He also highlighted