Gold after Brexit (23 Jun 2016)
After Brexit on 23 Jun 2016, gold was 5.2% higher three months on and 0.1% lower twelve months on, measured from the May 2016 monthly average of $1,261 a troy ounce.
- Gold before
- $1,261
- May 2016
- Gold +3 months
- +5.2%
- Gold +12 months
- -0.1%
- Silver +12 months
- +0.0%
In context
UK voted to leave the EU; result known overnight.
Over the same months silver was 14.8% higher three months on and 0.0% higher twelve months on.
Of the 10 geopolitical or monetary shocks on the chart with a full year after them, this ranks 9th for gold twelve months on.
The market or central-bank moment before it on the chart: Bank of Japan goes negative (29 Jan 2016).
The one after: U.S.–Iran (2 Jan 2020).
Monthly average prices in U.S. dollars per troy ounce (Kitco.com and the World Bank Pink Sheet), from the last full month before a period to its last full month; the record runs Feb 1971 to Oct 2026. What the record did, not a forecast. Source: gov.uk.
Updated Oct 2026 · record through Oct 2026