Why do gold prices differ on Investing.com's website as opposed to other websites?

Gold is traded in several 'forms':

- As 'spot' (like currency instruments), under the symbol XAU/USD. The all-time-high price for this instrument was 1920.85 (http://www.investing.com/currencies/xau-usd-chart)

- As 'future', under the name Gold Futures (symbol: GCG5). The all-time-high price in this instrument's chart was  1911.60 (http://www.investing.com/commodities/gold-streaming-chart)

The difference in price stems from the fact that the Gold futures is a financial asset, whose price is derived from the underlying asset (the commodity gold), rather than be an exact match. 

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