GraniteShares Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:BAR) Sets New 52-Week High – Here’s Why

GraniteShares Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:BAR) hit a new 52-week high on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as $46.80 and last traded at $46.7540, with a volume of 138198 shares. The stock had previously closed at $45.16.

Key GraniteShares Gold Trust News

Here are the key news stories impacting GraniteShares Gold Trust this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Goldman Sachs raised its 2026 gold price target to $5,400/oz, signaling big-bank bullishness that can attract institutional buyers and lift gold-backed ETFs like BAR. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Safe-haven demand driven by geopolitics (Greenland tensions, tariff threats) has pushed spot gold to new highs, increasing inflows into physical-gold trusts. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Technical breakout and strong momentum have traders targeting the next resistance zones around $5,000+/oz, which supports upside for BAR as its NAV tracks bullion. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Gold ETFs continue to attract record flows after a banner year — rising ETF AUM tends to lift premiums and demand for shares of trusts like BAR. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Sticky inflation readings are keeping real yields low and supporting gold’s role as an inflation hedge, a tailwind for BAR’s appeal. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Near-term technical resistance and intra-day levels suggest possible short pullbacks or consolidation — traders should watch key Fibonacci/resistance zones. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Easing U.S.-Europe tensions over Greenland and any de-escalation of geopolitical risk could reduce safe-haven flows and pressure gold (and BAR). Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Stronger U.S. growth/labor data (higher GDP, resilient labor market) can lift real yields and the dollar, which are headwinds for gold prices and could weigh on BAR. Read More.

GraniteShares Gold Trust Trading Up 1.9%

The business’s fifty day moving average price is $42.89 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $38.50.

Institutional Trading of GraniteShares Gold Trust

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in BAR. Farther Finance Advisors LLC grew its holdings in GraniteShares Gold Trust by 11.3% during the second quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 3,135 shares of the company’s stock worth $102,000 after acquiring an additional 318 shares during the period. Maridea Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of GraniteShares Gold Trust in the second quarter worth about $6,489,000. Clear Point Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in shares of GraniteShares Gold Trust by 0.6% during the 2nd quarter. Clear Point Advisors Inc. now owns 97,126 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,110,000 after acquiring an additional 600 shares in the last quarter. Defined Financial Planning LLC acquired a new stake in shares of GraniteShares Gold Trust during the 2nd quarter valued at about $1,377,000. Finally, DMC Group LLC increased its stake in shares of GraniteShares Gold Trust by 23.5% in the 2nd quarter. DMC Group LLC now owns 11,840 shares of the company’s stock valued at $386,000 after purchasing an additional 2,252 shares in the last quarter.

GraniteShares Gold Trust Company Profile

The GraniteShares Gold Trust (BAR) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the LBMA Gold Price index. The fund tracks the gold spot price, less trust expenses and liabilities, using physically held gold stored and secured in vaults in London. BAR was launched on Aug 31, 2017 and is managed by GraniteShares.