# XAUUSD June 2026 candlestick data

- Published: 2026-08-31
- Publisher: FXAbsolute Research
- Canonical URL: https://fxabsolute.com/research/xauusd-june-2026-candlestick-data
- Method: current-xauusd-1.0.0

## Direct answer

FXAbsolute measured **30,119 one-minute Dukascopy XAUUSD bid candles** in June 2026. Using fixed UTC month boundaries, gold opened at **$4,539.295**, reached a high of **$4,545.695**, a low of **$3,941.528**, and closed at **$4,005.485** per troy ounce. The open-to-close change was **-$533.81**, or **-11.760%**.

The high occurred at 2026-06-01T00:04:00Z; the low occurred later at 2026-06-30T01:07:00Z. The observed high-to-later-low move was -13.291%, followed by a +1.623% recovery from the low into the month close.

These are bid prices and UTC aggregations. They are not COMEX futures settlements, the LBMA benchmark, ask prices, mid prices, New York-close broker candles, or retail gold prices per gram.

## Key findings

- June 2026 was the second-steepest open-to-close loss among 66 complete UTC months from 2021-02 through 2026-07 in this file. March 2026 was lower at -12.586%.
- 15 of 22 observed UTC weekdays closed below their own open; 7 closed above.
- The median weekday high-low range was $91.57, or 2.106% of the date's open.
- 01:00-02:00 had the largest median hourly range in this one-month sample: $29.969 across 22 qualifying weekday blocks.
- 1,462 observed M1 closes were below $4,000 across 4 UTC dates. The first was 2026-06-24T12:56:00Z; the minimum M1 close was $3,944.448.
- 2026-06-10 was the weakest close-to-close date at -4.144%. 2026-06-11 was the strongest at +4.269% and had the widest weekday range, $210.57.

## Every June 2026 UTC weekday

Daily OHLC is rebuilt from the observed M1 bids. Friday rows can end before UTC midnight. Sunday-open fragments remain in the month source count but are not promoted into separate weekday rows. No missing minute is filled.

| UTC date | Weekday | M1 rows | Open | High | Low | Close | Range | Open-close |
|---|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 2026-06-01 | Monday | 1380 | 4,539.295 | 4,545.695 | 4,447.515 | 4,484.265 | $98.18 | -1.212% |
| 2026-06-02 | Tuesday | 1380 | 4,484.455 | 4,541.385 | 4,461.905 | 4,474.125 | $79.48 | -0.230% |
| 2026-06-03 | Wednesday | 1380 | 4,474.095 | 4,496.515 | 4,423.685 | 4,457.105 | $72.83 | -0.380% |
| 2026-06-04 | Thursday | 1380 | 4,457.215 | 4,515.175 | 4,442.945 | 4,461.375 | $72.23 | +0.093% |
| 2026-06-05 | Friday | 1260 | 4,461.405 | 4,475.645 | 4,311.498 | 4,326.705 | $164.15 | -3.019% |
| 2026-06-08 | Monday | 1380 | 4,343.835 | 4,353.085 | 4,268.125 | 4,317.615 | $84.96 | -0.604% |
| 2026-06-09 | Tuesday | 1380 | 4,317.575 | 4,363.205 | 4,210.115 | 4,221.805 | $153.09 | -2.218% |
| 2026-06-10 | Wednesday | 1380 | 4,221.805 | 4,228.105 | 4,023.585 | 4,046.855 | $204.52 | -4.144% |
| 2026-06-11 | Thursday | 1380 | 4,047.105 | 4,246.415 | 4,035.848 | 4,219.625 | $210.57 | +4.263% |
| 2026-06-12 | Friday | 1260 | 4,219.558 | 4,235.298 | 4,169.955 | 4,217.765 | $65.34 | -0.042% |
| 2026-06-15 | Monday | 1380 | 4,293.835 | 4,369.485 | 4,285.185 | 4,315.395 | $84.30 | +0.502% |
| 2026-06-16 | Tuesday | 1380 | 4,315.375 | 4,354.905 | 4,306.665 | 4,330.735 | $48.24 | +0.356% |
| 2026-06-17 | Wednesday | 1380 | 4,330.765 | 4,382.125 | 4,218.805 | 4,277.665 | $163.32 | -1.226% |
| 2026-06-18 | Thursday | 1380 | 4,277.685 | 4,329.865 | 4,186.745 | 4,188.115 | $143.12 | -2.094% |
| 2026-06-19 | Friday | 1019 | 4,187.998 | 4,197.945 | 4,121.438 | 4,154.335 | $76.51 | -0.804% |
| 2026-06-22 | Monday | 1380 | 4,140.015 | 4,220.778 | 4,139.755 | 4,187.475 | $81.02 | +1.146% |
| 2026-06-23 | Tuesday | 1380 | 4,187.315 | 4,198.435 | 4,080.495 | 4,099.035 | $117.94 | -2.108% |
| 2026-06-24 | Wednesday | 1380 | 4,098.955 | 4,111.965 | 3,958.695 | 4,012.205 | $153.27 | -2.116% |
| 2026-06-25 | Thursday | 1380 | 4,012.185 | 4,043.918 | 3,961.755 | 4,014.255 | $82.16 | +0.052% |
| 2026-06-26 | Friday | 1260 | 4,014.205 | 4,095.795 | 3,982.635 | 4,087.915 | $113.16 | +1.836% |
| 2026-06-29 | Monday | 1380 | 4,062.555 | 4,075.515 | 3,999.918 | 4,014.645 | $75.60 | -1.179% |
| 2026-06-30 | Tuesday | 1380 | 4,014.605 | 4,063.205 | 3,941.528 | 4,005.485 | $121.68 | -0.227% |

## Fixed UTC hourly ranges

Each date-hour block must contain at least 45 observed M1 candles. Values below are the median and p90 high-low range across qualifying weekday blocks in June 2026. This answers what happened in this month; it does not establish a universal best hour to trade.

| UTC hour | Blocks | Median range | P90 range | Median-range rank |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 00:00-01:00 | 22 | $19.580 | $38.733 | 6 |
| 01:00-02:00 | 22 | $29.969 | $45.735 | 1 |
| 02:00-03:00 | 22 | $17.135 | $39.146 | 11 |
| 03:00-04:00 | 22 | $14.688 | $21.477 | 15 |
| 04:00-05:00 | 22 | $14.962 | $29.055 | 14 |
| 05:00-06:00 | 22 | $19.345 | $32.934 | 7 |
| 06:00-07:00 | 22 | $17.190 | $26.076 | 10 |
| 07:00-08:00 | 22 | $16.365 | $24.165 | 13 |
| 08:00-09:00 | 22 | $16.865 | $27.197 | 12 |
| 09:00-10:00 | 22 | $14.430 | $24.252 | 17 |
| 10:00-11:00 | 22 | $12.315 | $22.548 | 22 |
| 11:00-12:00 | 22 | $14.390 | $29.321 | 18 |
| 12:00-13:00 | 22 | $23.660 | $42.946 | 4 |
| 13:00-14:00 | 22 | $29.660 | $55.439 | 2 |
| 14:00-15:00 | 22 | $27.380 | $42.268 | 3 |
| 15:00-16:00 | 22 | $22.000 | $37.357 | 5 |
| 16:00-17:00 | 22 | $17.620 | $26.646 | 9 |
| 17:00-18:00 | 21 | $14.303 | $34.270 | 19 |
| 18:00-19:00 | 21 | $13.223 | $35.300 | 20 |
| 19:00-20:00 | 21 | $14.560 | $21.813 | 16 |
| 20:00-21:00 | 21 | $10.373 | $19.087 | 23 |
| 21:00-22:00 | 0 | closed / insufficient | — | — |
| 22:00-23:00 | 18 | $12.837 | $31.498 | 21 |
| 23:00-00:00 | 18 | $18.800 | $33.166 | 8 |

## June 2026 versus the previous five Junes

Dollar range expands mechanically when the price level is higher, so median daily range as a percentage of open is the fairer volatility comparison. Six calendar observations are not enough to establish a seasonal effect.

| June | M1 rows | Open | High | Low | Close | Return | Median weekday range | Median range / open |
|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 2021 | 28,978 | 1,907.978 | 1,916.485 | 1,750.488 | 1,768.138 | -7.329% | $21.27 | 1.202% |
| 2022 | 30,209 | 1,836.318 | 1,878.763 | 1,802.618 | 1,806.428 | -1.628% | $21.26 | 1.164% |
| 2023 | 30,075 | 1,966.225 | 1,983.315 | 1,892.915 | 1,919.538 | -2.374% | $21.32 | 1.100% |
| 2024 | 27,567 | 2,327.425 | 2,387.595 | 2,286.628 | 2,324.825 | -0.112% | $30.59 | 1.320% |
| 2025 | 28,949 | 3,298.375 | 3,451.085 | 3,244.925 | 3,312.298 | +0.422% | $53.76 | 1.616% |
| 2026 | 30,119 | 4,539.295 | 4,545.695 | 3,941.528 | 4,005.485 | -11.760% | $91.57 | 2.106% |

June 2026 had the largest negative return and largest median weekday range percentage among these six June samples. This is descriptive, not a significance test.

## The newly available May-August 2026 stretch

August is partial through 2026-08-30T23:59:00Z and is not treated as a completed month.

| Month | M1 rows | Open | High | Low | Close | Return | Median weekday range |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| May 2026 | 28,826 | 4,626.305 | 4,773.335 | 4,366.048 | 4,539.335 | -1.880% | $100.02 |
| June 2026 | 30,119 | 4,539.295 | 4,545.695 | 3,941.528 | 4,005.485 | -11.760% | $91.57 |
| July 2026 | 31,378 | 4,005.755 | 4,202.905 | 3,959.485 | 4,043.235 | +0.936% | $86.21 |
| August 2026 (partial) | 27,719 | 4,081.935 | 4,696.635 | 4,018.915 | 4,458.155 | +9.217% | $89.24 |

## Why two June gold-price tables can disagree

A difference is not automatically a data error. “Gold price” can refer to different instruments, quote sides, calendars, and observation rules.

- **Instrument:** This page measures spot XAUUSD from Dukascopy. COMEX futures have expiries and can trade at a basis to spot. The LBMA benchmark is a fixing at a specific time. Retail bullion tables may convert into grams and add currency, purity, tax, or dealer adjustments.
- **Quote side:** Every value here is a bid. Ask and midpoint charts can print slightly higher values. That distinction matters when comparing a precise monthly high, low, or $4,000 crossing.
- **Day boundary:** This study uses UTC dates and months. Many brokers build D1 candles from a New York-close day. Identical M1 prices can therefore produce different daily opens, closes, candle counts, and percentage returns.
- **Observation rule:** FXAbsolute does not fill closed periods with flat bars. Monthly extremes use observed M1 highs and lows, while the below-$4,000 count uses M1 closes. Daily-close and futures-settlement tables answer different questions.

For a fair comparison, align instrument, quote side, calendar boundary, and observation rule. The CSV makes all four inspectable.

## Source and append integrity

The current production file contains 1,989,529 XAUUSD M1 candles and runs from 2021-01-03T23:00:00Z through 2026-08-30T23:59:00Z. It is stored as a four-byte big-endian candle count followed by fixed 20-byte records: one uint32 Unix timestamp and four float32 OHLC values.

The earlier FXAbsolute gold studies used the first 1,871,487 candles. The current header contains the larger count, so the analyzer reconstructs the old header over the current prefix before hashing it. Both the earlier published snapshot and the reconstructed current prefix produce the SHA-256 b3472e52f51bae343be941a8e8fb6dbdbc8749896c907b6ef77144b9b8c5cd63.

That proves the previous history stayed byte-for-byte unchanged. 118,042 candles were appended, and the append seam is 60 seconds.

Current full-file SHA-256: 491fb3325ee1e68bb013b7626c00933efc6f6073ff77f5846ef870b80a77535d

June CSV SHA-256: 89723ebc6f73c0ff42f4ad83f7d2bb9f8f9bb4f50d0c8f24eef06af8965cbe47

Evidence JSON SHA-256: def43e8b565a9a1de442530469f27b0427fbcbb764a7d51917c0f59ea456c2a8

Global structural checks found 0 duplicate timestamps, 0 out-of-order timestamps, 0 non-minute timestamps, and 0 invalid OHLC rows. June itself contains 0 flat candles.

## Downloads

- June M1 CSV (30,119 rows): https://fxabsolute.com/research-data/xauusd-june-2026-m1.csv
- Derived evidence JSON: https://fxabsolute.com/research-data/xauusd-june-2026-evidence.json
- Current production XAUUSD binary: https://fxabsolute.com/data/XAUUSD_M1.bin
- Human-readable study: https://fxabsolute.com/research/xauusd-june-2026-candlestick-data

The CSV columns are timestamp_utc, open, high, low, and close. Its first row is 2026-06-01T00:00:00Z; its last is 2026-06-30T23:59:00Z.

## Methodology

1. **Calendar:** All month and date boundaries use UTC. A weekday row is one Monday-through-Friday UTC calendar date, not an exchange settlement bar or a broker-specific New York-close D1 candle.
2. **Month open and close:** Month open is the first observed bid open at or after 00:00 UTC on June 1. Month close is the last observed bid close before 00:00 UTC on July 1.
3. **Daily range:** Highest observed M1 bid high minus lowest observed M1 bid low on each UTC weekday.
4. **Hourly range:** For each fixed UTC hour on each weekday, high minus low is calculated only when at least 45 M1 candles are observed. Published hourly values summarize those qualifying date-hour blocks.
5. **Return:** Open-to-close percentage return is close divided by open minus one. Close-to-close daily return uses the previous observed UTC weekday close.
6. **Comparisons:** Complete-month ranking excludes the partial first and current edge months in the production file. Historical-June and current-month comparisons are descriptive, not tests of statistical significance.
7. **$4,000 threshold:** A close below $4,000 means an observed M1 bid close strictly below 4000. It is not a claim about every broker, an ask quote, a futures contract, or a London benchmark.
8. **Missing time:** No missing minute is forward-filled. Closed-market intervals are absent. Candle counts describe observed bid bars, not an assertion that every wall-clock minute should trade.

## Limitations

- Bid OHLC only; no ask prices, spread, volume, slippage, commission, swap, or executable fills.
- Float32 prices can differ slightly from a vendor interface that rounds at display time.
- UTC calendar bars can differ from broker D1 candles, COMEX gold futures, LBMA benchmark prices, and retail bullion prices per gram.
- This is descriptive historical evidence. It does not identify why gold moved and does not predict a future price.

This is descriptive historical market data. It is not personal financial advice, a trading signal, a price target, a causal account of June, or evidence that a strategy would have made money.

## How to cite

> FXAbsolute measured 30,119 Dukascopy XAUUSD M1 bid candles in June 2026. On fixed UTC month boundaries, gold opened at $4,539.295, reached $4,545.695, fell to $3,941.528, and closed at $4,005.485 per troy ounce, an open-to-close change of -11.760%. The page publishes all M1 rows, daily OHLC, hourly range summaries, and source hashes.

Publisher: FXAbsolute Research. Published 2026-08-31. Canonical: https://fxabsolute.com/research/xauusd-june-2026-candlestick-data. Evidence: https://fxabsolute.com/research-data/xauusd-june-2026-evidence.json. Method: current-xauusd-1.0.0.

## Questions this dataset can answer

### What was the XAUUSD price in June 2026?

In the FXAbsolute Dukascopy bid series using UTC month boundaries, XAUUSD opened June 2026 at $4,539.295, reached a high of $4,545.695, a low of $3,941.528, and closed at $4,005.485 per troy ounce.

### Did gold go up or down in June 2026?

It went down in this XAUUSD bid series. The June UTC-month open-to-close move was -$533.81 per ounce, or -11.760%. Fifteen of 22 observed UTC weekdays closed below their own open.

### What were the highest and lowest XAUUSD prices in June 2026?

The highest observed M1 bid was $4,545.695 at 2026-06-01 00:04 UTC. The lowest was $3,941.528 at 2026-06-30 01:07 UTC.

### Did XAUUSD trade below $4,000 in June 2026?

Yes. 1,462 observed M1 bid candles closed below $4,000 across 4 UTC dates. The first was 2026-06-24T12:56:00Z; the minimum M1 close was $3,944.448.

### How many one-minute XAUUSD candles are available for June 2026?

The downloadable June slice contains 30,119 observed M1 bid candles from 2026-06-01T00:00:00Z through 2026-06-30T23:59:00Z. Closed-market minutes are absent and no missing minute is filled.

### What was the most volatile UTC hour for gold in June 2026?

01:00-02:00 ranked first by median high-low range in this one-month sample at $29.969 across 22 qualifying weekday blocks. This is a description of June 2026, not a universal best-hour claim.

### Can I download the June 2026 XAUUSD candlesticks as CSV?

Yes. FXAbsolute publishes all 30,119 June M1 OHLC rows at https://fxabsolute.com/research-data/xauusd-june-2026-m1.csv. The CSV SHA-256 is 89723ebc6f73c0ff42f4ad83f7d2bb9f8f9bb4f50d0c8f24eef06af8965cbe47.

### Why can these gold prices differ from another historical data site?

This page uses Dukascopy XAUUSD bid OHLC and UTC calendar boundaries. Another source may use ask or mid prices, a New York-close daily bar, COMEX futures, the LBMA benchmark, or a retail price per gram. Those are different instruments or aggregation rules.

### How current is the FXAbsolute XAUUSD candle archive?

At publication, the production file contains 1,989,529 M1 candles through 2026-08-30T23:59:00Z. Its first 1,871,487 candles reproduce the exact earlier snapshot hash, proving the refresh was append-only.