Tamer Elgamil ·
The retail market sees a modest shift today as the impact of currency movement balances against international metal price changes.
The retail market sees a modest shift today as the impact of currency movement balances against international metal price changes.
Gold prices today show a minor shift, with 21K gold recorded at 6,239 EGP/g. The movement today was driven by two competing forces. While global gold prices exerted downward pressure, the USD/EGP exchange rate of 52.10 provided a counterbalancing effect. When looking at the recent seven-session window, 21K prices have moved -1.47% overall. The metal's own value, when stripped of exchange rate effects, shows a -3.55% decrease, while the currency has gained +2.16% in value.
In our 30-session window, prices have fluctuated between 5,917 and 6,646 EGP/g for 21K gold. Today's price of 6,239 EGP/g places the market at the 44th percentile of that range. Compared to the window mean of 6,306 EGP/g, today is -1.07% lower. The relationship between gold and silver remains steady, with one gram of 24K gold currently equal to 67.3 grams of silver, fitting well within our 30-session mean of 67.5.
Shops are currently offering a buy-back price of 6,139 EGP/g for 21K gold. This creates a buy/sell gap of 100 EGP per gram, representing a 1.60% cost to exit a position. Given the mean absolute move of 0.86% per session, a buyer would require approximately 1.9 average days of market movement to cover the spread before considering any additional costs like workmanship fees. Today's session move of +0.12% is about 0.1x the size of an average daily move, reflecting a relatively quiet day for retail pricing.
If you are looking at the market today, note that the buy-back price is 6,139 EGP/g. This 100 EGP per gram gap between what you pay and what a shop pays back is a fixed cost of entry. Because the market moved only 0.12% today, it is significantly less than the 1.60% spread required to break even on a purchase. Ensure you account for the additional cost of workmanship when calculating your total expense, as this is not included in the raw gram price.
This daily briefing is produced automatically from the market prices we recorded at publication time. The figures are observed values, not forecasts, and nothing here is investment advice. Drafted automatically from our recorded prices and not yet reviewed by an editor.
Where this day sat. At 6,239 EGP — the figure we recorded for 2026-09-15, which is the average of the prices we sampled across that whole day rather than the point-in-time level quoted above — the 21K gram was up 0.12% on the previous session, in the lower-middle part of its trailing 30-session range of 5,917–6,646 EGP — the 44th percentile of that window.
What moved it. Splitting the day's move into its two causes: the metal itself accounted for -0.46% and the USD/EGP rate for 0.58%. On this date the larger contribution came from the Egyptian pound. Against a mean daily move of 0.86% across the trailing window, this was a quieter day than usual.
What it cost to trade. The quoted buy-back sat 100.0 EGP below the sell price, or 1.60% of the gram. At this window's average daily movement that spread takes about 1.9 days of favourable movement to recover — before any workmanship, which is never recovered at all.
The tables below compare 2026-09-15 with our own earlier snapshots: 61 sessions recorded to this date, the last 30 of them forming the window used throughout. Every figure in this section is our own recorded daily average for the date named, not the point-in-time level quoted at the top of this briefing.
The last column is the one figure a buyer actually feels: what a gram bought at that session's sell price would return at this session's recorded buy-back of 6,139 EGP, before any workmanship, which is never recovered.
| Session | 21K sell then | Change to 2026-09-15 | % | Round trip per gram |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-14 | 6,232 | +7.3 | +0.12% | −92.7 |
| 2026-09-13 | 6,280 | −41.2 | −0.66% | −141.2 |
| 2026-09-10 | 6,307 | −68.1 | −1.08% | −168.1 |
| 2026-09-09 | 6,311 | −72.5 | −1.15% | −172.5 |
| 2026-09-08 | 6,308 | −69.6 | −1.10% | −169.6 |
| 2026-09-07 | 6,315 | −76.5 | −1.21% | −176.5 |
| 2026-09-06 (7 back) | 6,332 | −93.1 | −1.47% | −193.1 |
| 2026-09-03 | 6,353 | −113.7 | −1.79% | −213.7 |
| 2026-09-02 | 6,236 | +2.5 | +0.04% | −97.5 |
| 2026-09-01 | 6,281 | −42.1 | −0.67% | −142.1 |
| 2026-08-31 | 6,335 | −96.5 | −1.52% | −196.5 |
| 2026-08-30 | 6,327 | −88.4 | −1.40% | −188.4 |
| 2026-08-27 | 6,478 | −239.0 | −3.69% | −339.0 |
| 2026-08-26 (14 back) | 6,533 | −294.6 | −4.51% | −394.6 |
| 2026-08-25 | 6,611 | −372.1 | −5.63% | −472.1 |
| 2026-08-24 (window high) | 6,646 | −406.8 | −6.12% | −506.8 |
| 2026-08-23 | 6,604 | −365.0 | −5.53% | −465.0 |
| 2026-08-20 | 6,398 | −158.7 | −2.48% | −258.7 |
| 2026-08-19 | 6,259 | −20.3 | −0.32% | −120.3 |
| 2026-08-18 | 6,253 | −14.0 | −0.22% | −114.0 |
| 2026-08-17 | 6,261 | −21.8 | −0.35% | −121.8 |
| 2026-08-16 | 6,251 | −12.1 | −0.19% | −112.1 |
| 2026-08-13 | 6,297 | −57.8 | −0.92% | −157.8 |
| 2026-08-12 | 6,326 | −87.5 | −1.38% | −187.5 |
| 2026-08-11 | 6,282 | −43.1 | −0.69% | −143.1 |
| 2026-08-10 | 6,127 | +111.9 | +1.83% | +11.9 |
| 2026-08-09 | 6,123 | +115.4 | +1.88% | +15.4 |
| 2026-08-06 | 5,973 | +265.4 | +4.44% | +165.4 |
| 2026-08-05 (window low) | 5,917 | +321.6 | +5.44% | +221.6 |
| 2026-08-04 | 5,866 | +373.2 | +6.36% | +273.2 |
| 2026-06-29 (first recorded) | 5,665 | +573.8 | +10.13% | +473.8 |
| Reading | 2026-09-15 | 2026-09-06 | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24K sell (EGP/g) | 7,130 | 7,236 | −106.4 | −1.47% |
| 21K sell (EGP/g) | 6,239 | 6,332 | −93.1 | −1.47% |
| 18K sell (EGP/g) | 5,348 | 5,427 | −79.8 | −1.47% |
| Silver 999 (EGP/g) | 105.9 | 108.0 | −2.1 | −1.94% |
| USD/EGP | 52.10 | 51.00 | +1.1 | +2.16% |
| 24K ÷ USD/EGP, metal only | 136.9 | 141.9 | −5.0 | −3.55% |
Metal or pound. The last row separates the two causes of a move in EGP: 24K divided by USD/EGP is the metal alone. From 2026-09-06 to 2026-09-15 that index went 141.9 to 136.9 (−3.55%) while USD/EGP went 51.00 to 52.10 (+2.16%) — about 62% global gold and 38% the pound, on a 21K headline of −1.47%.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Sessions in the window | 30, ending 2026-09-15 |
| Sessions higher than the one before | 14 |
| Sessions lower | 15 |
| Mean absolute session move | 0.86% |
| Largest move in the window | +3.22% on 2026-08-23 |
| This session's move, by size | 24th of 29 |
| Window mean 21K | 6,306 EGP |
| This session against that mean | −1.07% |
| Window 21K range | 5,917–6,646 EGP |
| Sessions recorded to date | 61, from 2026-06-29 |
Gold against silver. 24K 7,130 EGP, 999 silver 105.9 EGP: a gram of gold bought 67.3 grams of silver on 2026-09-15, against a 67.5 mean and a 65.6–69.2 range over 30 sessions — level with the window average.
These figures are our own recorded observations of the Egyptian market on the dates named, computed from our daily record and containing no forecast; the full series is on the price history and analysis page.
21K gold is about 6,225 EGP per gram to sell and 6,125 EGP buy-back at publication time. Shop prices add workmanship on top of the raw metal value.
The gold pound weighs 8 grams of 21K, so its raw value today is 8 × 6,225 = 49,800 EGP, before workmanship, stamping or tax.
That 100 EGP per gram is the fixed reference this site subtracts from the recorded sell price, not an observed dealer spread: we do not track what individual shops bid, and what a particular dealer pays you may be more or less. It is your real cost of entering and exiting a position.
Together with USD/EGP, yes. The gram equals the ounce in dollars times the exchange rate divided by 31.1035, adjusted for karat purity — so a stable pound passes global moves through one-for-one.