India, Aug. 20 -- US Gold Rate Today (August 19): Gold saw an impressive mid-week surge on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, rising by more than 3%, as an unexpected announcement from the US Treasury saw bond yields decline and the dollar fall. This saw bullion rise to its best performance in several weeks and take prices to the highest levels in months. Gold spot hit an intraday high of $4,499.20 per ounce before falling back to $4,487.91, a 3.6% increase. US gold futures finished up by 2.8% at $4,545.30.

The cause of this was the Treasury's move to boost the scale of liquidity support repurchase deals involving US government bonds of longer maturity. The size of individual transactions will be increased from $2 billion to a minimum of $4 bil...