Gold closed at $4,560.50 per troy ounce on 1 May 2026, down $54.20 (1.17%) from the previous close of $4,614.70.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $3,288.90, making this a +38.66% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $4,560.50 per troy ounce on 1 May 2026. That is $54.20 lower than the previous close of $4,614.70, a move of -1.17%.
The gold price fell on 1 May 2026, losing $54.20 (1.17%) against the previous session's close of $4,614.70.
At $4,560.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $146.62 on 1 May 2026. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 1 May 2026 18k gold was worth about $109.97 per gram and 14k about $85.53 per gram, against $146.62 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.3 on 1 May 2026, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 May 2026, gold was around $4,722.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,560.50 is a loss of 3.4% over the week.
A month before 1 May 2026, gold was around $4,614.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,560.50 is a loss of 1.2% over the month.
A year before 1 May 2026, gold was around $3,288.90 per troy ounce. The close of $4,560.50 therefore represents a rise of 38.7% over twelve months.