Gold Ounces

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
XAU
Pronunciation
/goʊld ˈaʊnsɪz/
Category
Regional
Related Field
Currencies

Examples in Context

  1. Under the gold standard your dollar bill represented so many ounces of gold and you were supposed to be able to always get that gold.
  2. Price expectations have until now helped gold miners be more optimistic about reserves and to include ounces they would formerly not have been able to mine profitably.
  3. There is a historical relationship were at certain points in time the gold and the Dow trade at a1:1 or a2:1 ratio, where one or two ounces of gold can purchase the Dow.

Other meanings of XAU

AMEX GOLD/ SILVER Index Business
Saul, French Guiana Regional