NYSE Arca · IAU · ETF
iShares Gold Trust (IAU) ETF price history
Every NYSE Arca trading session of iShares Gold Trust from Jan 28, 2005 to Sep 29, 2026: 5,451 daily bars, adjusted for splits and dividends, with minute bars from Jul 13, 2026 forward. The full series is served by the API: a free key covers the last year, paid plans the whole history and minute bars.
IAU adjusted close, 2005 to 2026
- $101.57
- All time high, 2026
- $104.40
- 52 week high, $71.84 low
- 5,451
- Daily sessions since 2005
Last updated Sep 29, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 2005 to 2026 series and minute bars.
IAU key facts
- iShares Gold Trust (IAU) closed at $78.52 on Sep 29, 2026 on NYSE Arca.
- IAU's all time high close is $101.57, set on Jan 29, 2026; its all time low close is $8.26 on Feb 8, 2005.
- IAU's 52 week range is $71.84 to $104.40.
- IAU returned +8.8% over the year to Sep 29, 2026 and +139.0% over five years.
- Over ten years IAU returned +208%, +11.9% a year compounded.
- IAU's deepest drawdown was -45.1% from Aug 22, 2011 to Dec 2, 2015.
- DataCedar holds 5,451 daily sessions of IAU history from Jan 28, 2005 and minute bars from Jul 13, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.
IAU price chart, 2005 to 2026
IAU returns
Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Sep 29, 2026, on adjusted closes.
| Period | Return |
|---|---|
| 1 month | -6.3% |
| 3 months | +4.0% |
| 6 months | -7.6% |
| Year to date | -3.9% |
| 1 year | +8.8% |
| 3 years | +124.4% |
| 5 years | +139.0% |
| 10 years | +208.4% |
| Since Jan 28, 2005 | +819.7% |
| Compound annual growth, 21.7 years | +10.8% |
IAU records
Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.
- All time high close
- $101.57 on Jan 29, 2026
- All time low close
- $8.26 on Feb 8, 2005
- 52 week high
- $104.40 on Jan 29, 2026
- 52 week low
- $71.84 on Sep 30, 2025
- Deepest drawdown
- -45.1% from Aug 22, 2011 to Dec 2, 2015, recovered Jul 27, 2020
- Best single session
- +11.7% on Sep 17, 2008
- Worst single session
- -10.2% on Jan 30, 2026
- Volatility, 1 year annualised
- 29.6%
- Sessions closing higher, 1 year
- 54%
- Growth of 1 since 2005
- 9.2×
- Best calendar year
- 2025, +64%
- Worst calendar year
- 2013, -28%
IAU price history by year
Open is the first session's open, high and low span the year, close is the last session's close, and the return is close over the previous year's close. 2005 starts on Jan 28, 2005; 2026 runs to Sep 29, 2026.
| Year | Open | High | Low | Close | Return | Volume | Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $82.25 | $104.40 | $74.44 | $78.52 | -3.3% | 1.8B | 186 |
| 2025 | $49.95 | $85.69 | $49.51 | $81.17 | +63.9% | 2.1B | 250 |
| 2024 | $39.09 | $52.69 | $37.53 | $49.51 | +26.9% | 1.5B | 252 |
| 2023 | $34.94 | $39.45 | $34.31 | $39.03 | +12.8% | 1.3B | 250 |
| 2022 | $34.38 | $39.36 | $30.69 | $34.59 | -0.6% | 2.4B | 251 |
| 2021 | $36.96 | $37.26 | $31.94 | $34.81 | -4.0% | 2.7B | 252 |
| 2020 | $29.20 | $39.52 | $27.60 | $36.26 | +25.0% | 3.1B | 253 |
| 2019 | $24.60 | $29.80 | $24.24 | $29.00 | +18.0% | 2.2B | 252 |
| 2018 | $25.24 | $26.22 | $22.50 | $24.58 | -1.8% | 1.6B | 251 |
| 2017 | $22.18 | $25.96 | $22.10 | $25.02 | +12.9% | 1.1B | 251 |
| 2016 | $20.80 | $26.50 | $20.68 | $22.16 | +8.3% | 1B | 252 |
| 2015 | $22.66 | $25.30 | $20.24 | $20.46 | -10.6% | 526.4M | 252 |
| 2014 | $23.72 | $26.92 | $22.10 | $22.88 | -2.1% | 367.3M | 252 |
| 2013 | $32.86 | $33.02 | $23.02 | $23.36 | -28.3% | 813.5M | 252 |
| 2012 | $31.02 | $34.96 | $29.82 | $32.56 | +6.9% | 749.6M | 250 |
| 2011 | $27.76 | $37.26 | $25.60 | $30.46 | +9.6% | 955.6M | 252 |
| 2010 | $21.98 | $27.94 | $20.47 | $27.80 | +29.5% | 404M | 252 |
| 2009 | $17.21 | $23.92 | $15.79 | $21.47 | +23.9% | 578.5M | 252 |
| 2008 | $16.73 | $20.10 | $13.78 | $17.33 | +5.1% | 598.2M | 253 |
| 2007 | $12.75 | $17.00 | $11.94 | $16.49 | +30.4% | 193.8M | 251 |
| 2006 | $10.47 | $14.46 | $10.44 | $12.65 | +22.3% | 235.4M | 251 |
| 2005 | $8.55 | $10.76 | $8.21 | $10.35 | n/a | 91.8M | 234 |
IAU monthly closes, last 12 months
| Month | Month end close | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | $78.52 | -6.2% |
| August 2026 | $83.71 | +9.9% |
| July 2026 | $76.17 | +0.9% |
| June 2026 | $75.51 | -11.7% |
| May 2026 | $85.49 | -1.6% |
| April 2026 | $86.85 | -1.5% |
| March 2026 | $88.16 | -11.0% |
| February 2026 | $99.07 | +8.6% |
| January 2026 | $91.20 | +12.4% |
| December 2025 | $81.17 | +2.2% |
| November 2025 | $79.41 | +5.3% |
| October 2025 | $75.39 | +3.6% |
About the IAU data
Daily bars. 5,451 sessions from Jan 28, 2005 to Sep 29, 2026, one row per NYSE Arca trading day with open, high, low, close and volume. Prices are adjusted for splits and cash dividends so the series is comparable across its whole length; the API also serves the raw, split only and dividend only views.
Minute bars. Stored from Jul 13, 2026 forward, most recent session Sep 28, 2026. Minute history is captured from the day collection began and is never backfilled, so this start date is exact. Five minute, fifteen minute and hourly bars are derived from these minutes.
Time and currency. Session dates are NYSE Arca trading days; minute timestamps are UTC. Prices are in USD. Volume is shares traded on the session.
Get the data. The REST endpoint returns the daily series as JSON with pagination; a free key serves the last year, Quant and above the full history back to Jan 28, 2005, and minute bars come with the paid windows. It takes timeframe (1Min, 5Min, 15Min, 1Hour, 1Day), adjustment, start and end. See the bars endpoint and authentication, and pricing for the plan windows.
curl "https://api.datacedar.com/v3/stocks/IAU/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
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