World gold prices reached $4,671.32, while lithium prices surged nearly 49% year-to-date.

The global metals market on April 28, 2026, witnessed a clear divergence in performance across different commodity groups. While precious metals like gold and silver are under short-term downward pressure, metals used in technology and energy, especially lithium, continue their impressive upward trend.

Precious metals group: Short-term profit-taking trend

In today's trading session, the price of gold recorded a slight decrease of 0.25%, currently standing at $4,671.32/t.oz. Despite the correction during the day, the price of gold still maintains a 3.46% increase over the past month and has accumulated more than 8.14% since the beginning of 2026. This indicates that the medium-term upward trend of gold remains firmly established.

Meanwhile, silver faced stronger downward pressure, correcting by 1.11% to $74.644 per ton. Overall, this commodity has lost more than 2.5% of its value over the past week. Platinum also recorded a 0.46% decrease on the day, reflecting profit-taking sentiment among investors after the previous period of rapid growth.

Industrial metals: Lithium booms, copper remains stable.

The biggest bright spot in the market right now is Lithium. The metal rose 1.73% in the session, reaching 176,000 CNY/tonne. Notably, Lithium has recorded a cumulative growth of nearly 49% since the beginning of the year, indicating extremely strong demand from the battery and renewable energy industries.

For base metals, copper prices remained flat with a slight decrease of 0.12%, reaching $6.0135/lbs. However, on a monthly basis, copper prices still maintained an impressive growth of 9.82%, reflecting positive expectations about the recovery of global industrial production activities.

The iron ore market saw mixed results, with USD-denominated prices rising slightly by 0.18% to $1,107 per ton, while prices in the Chinese market (CNY) fell by 0.70%. This reflects caution among contractors regarding short-term construction demand in East Asia.

Details of the price list for metal products as of April 28, 2026

Overall, the metals market is currently in a tug-of-war between technical correction pressure and expectations of long-term economic recovery. The breakout of metals like Lithium and Titanium indicates a strong shift of capital into high-tech and sustainable manufacturing sectors.