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Precious Metal Prices

Live Spot Prices

The Perth Mint is looking to publish its live buy and sell precious metal prices on this website soon. In the meantime we recommend the Kitco website, where current buying and selling prices for unallocated metal are available, which are a good indicator of actual precious metal prices that investors would obtain. Kitco also has an extensive range of live and historical charts on precious metal.

If you are after daily AUD prices, Perth Mint Depository emails a snapshot of AUD and USD precious metal prices each morning Perth time. Please email the Client Relations Executive at pmds@perthmint.com.au if you would like to be added to the list.

Historical Data

The Perth Mint's extensive historical records of precious metal spot prices, exchange rates, London Fix prices and interest rates are available below for downloading for free. Available in zip or the easy-to-read comma separated value format (.csv), the data is an invaluable resource for the precious metal investor who wishes to chart and analyse price movements.

The data is summarised as Highs, Lows and Averages on a Daily, Monthly, and Yearly basis. The files are updated monthly (data last updated 31st August 2004).

Data

CSV File Name

Approx Size

ZIP File Name

Approx Size

Daily Gold Prices Gold.csv 1300 kb Gold.zip 270 kb
Daily Silver Prices Silver.csv 1000 kb Silver.zip 170 kb
Daily Platinum Prices Platinum.csv 1200 kb Platinum.zip 250 kb
Daily Palladium Prices Palladium.csv 900 kb Palladium.zip 170 kb
Daily Exchange Rates & Interest Rates Rates.csv 1100 kb Rates.zip 200 kb
Daily London Fix Prices LondonFixes.csv 500 kb LondonFixes.zip 100 kb
Monthly Prices (all data) Monthly.csv 250 kb Monthly.zip 80 kb
Yearly Prices (all data) Yearly.csv 30 kb Yearly.zip 10 kb

Disclaimer

This data is provided for reference only. By publication of this data, The Perth Mint does not suggest or infer that future price trends will in any way reflect past movements. The Perth Mint supplies the data in these files "as is" and does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the data, its suitability for any particular purpose and will not be liable or held responsible for any errors, omissions or failure to provide the data. Please e-mail us at pmds@perthmint.com.au if you identify any errors in the data or have any suggestions.

Further information

Data Sets Available

Market

Metal/Currency

Priced In

Price Type

Starting Date

Perth Mint Spot Gold, Silver AUD Bid, Ask 2 Jan 1975
Perth Mint Spot Gold, Silver USD, JPY Bid, Ask 21 Jun 1991
Perth Mint Spot Platinum AUD, USD, JPY Bid, Ask 21 Jun 1991
Perth Mint Spot Palladium AUD, USD, JPY Bid, Ask 17 Nov 1994
Perth Mint Spot AUD USD, JPY Bid, Ask 21 Jun 1991
Perth Mint Spot USD JPY Bid, Ask 21 Jun 1991
London Fix Gold USD AM, PM 2 Jan 1985
London Fix Silver USD Fix 2 Jan 1985
London Fix Platinum, Palladium USD AM, PM 2 Apr 1990
Hedge Settlement Rate AUD USD   1 Jun 1992
Interest Rates On Call Unofficial AUD % p.a. 1 Jan 1976
Interest Rates Federal Funds Rate USD % p.a. 1 Jan 1975

Data Sources

Market

Source

Comment

Perth Mint Spot Perth Mint Treasury, 310 Hay St, East Perth, WA, Australia The price set by The Perth Mint daily and used as the basis for the pricing of all its wholesale and retail transactions.
London Fix,
Gold and Silver
The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) The gold fix is the price set between market-making members of the LBMA at 10:30am (AM Fix) and 3:00pm (PM Fix) in London. The silver fixing is the price set between market-making members of the LBMA at 12:00pm in London.
London Fix,
Platinum and Palladium
The London Platinum and Palladium Market (LPPM) The platinum and palladium fixes are the prices set between market-making members of the LPPM at 9:45am (AM Fix) and 2:00pm (PM Fix) in London.
Hedge Settlement Rate (HSRA) Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA) The average AUD/USD exchange rate at 8:10am Sydney time as submitted by a panel of banks.
Interest Rates AUD Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) 24-hour unofficial call rates up to 1986, then the 11:00am unofficial call rates. A proxy for the wholesale on-call interest rate.

Other Comments

  • Spot: The price for cash (immediate) settlement. The bullion market operates on a two-day settlement (the value date is on the 2nd business day following the trade date).
  • Trade Date: Date on which the price was set.
  • Value Date: Date on which payment of money and delivery of metal/currency occurs.
  • Bid: The price at which an organisation will buy, that is, the price you will be paid if you sell precious metal.
  • Ask: The price at which an organisation will sell, that is, the price you will pay if you purchase precious metal.
  • London Fix: Please note that purchases on the fix incur an official ‘fix fee’, which is normally USD 0.25 per ounce for gold, USD 0.0075 per ounce for silver and USD 1.00 per ounce for platinum and palladium. As fix fees are not included in our London Fix price data, users wishing to determine the fix buying price (Ask) would need to add the appropriate fix fee. No fix fee is charged for sales on the fix and accordingly, our London Fix price data represents the actual fix selling price (Bid).
  • Perth Mint Spot prices: Before 21 June 1991, only opening AUD spot prices were recorded. After 21 June 1991, intra-day prices were recorded and the daily prices in the data is the average of these intra-day prices.

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