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​​​​​​​Gold Futures End Higher

KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 (Bernama) -- Gold futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives settled higher today, tracking gains in the US COMEX gold market.

At the close, the spot-month April 2026 contract advanced to US$4,742.80 per troy ounce from US$4,589.7 per troy ounce yesterday, and the May 2026 contract rose to US$4,762.10 per troy ounce vis-à-vis US$4,609.0 per troy ounce previously. 

The June, July, and August 2026 contracts also settled slightly higher at US$4,782.40 per troy ounce compared with US$4,642.9 per troy ounce.

Trading volume weakened to 10 lots from 22 lots yesterday, while open interest rose to 55 contracts from 46 contracts.

Physical gold was fixed at US$4,608.35 per troy ounce at the London Bullion Market Association afternoon fix on March 31, 2026. 

-- BERNAMA