why spreads for gold is so high ?

 

I am looking at bu and sell prices for gold. I am based in Toronto  and time is 4:53 . The spread for gold are higher than  buy/sell prices. Could someone explain ? 

regards

 
fshayan:

I am looking at bu and sell prices for gold. I am based in Toronto  and time is 4:53 . The spread for gold are higher than  buy/sell prices. Could someone explain ? 

regards

What do you mean "The spread for gold are higher than  buy/sell prices".

The spread is buy-sell price.

 
fshayan:

I am looking at bu and sell prices for gold. I am based in Toronto  and time is 4:53 . The spread for gold are higher than  buy/sell prices. Could someone explain ? 

regards

In Market watch , there are 4 columns, symbol, ask, buy , the last column is spread. I believe spread is the amount that broker get for the trade. The spread for XAUUSD is 2934 and it is going up and down but it is so much higher than other spreads. 

 
The Spread in gold /silver is always high brother