Lowest closing price since 1 June 2020
Gold closed at $1,877.40 per troy ounce on 1 October 2020, down $10.10 (0.54%) from the previous close of $1,887.50.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,511.40, making this a +24.22% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,877.40 per troy ounce on 1 October 2020. That is $10.10 lower than the previous close of $1,887.50, a move of -0.54%.
The gold price fell on 1 October 2020, losing $10.10 (0.54%) against the previous session's close of $1,887.50.
At $1,877.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $60.36 on 1 October 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 1 October 2020 18k gold was worth about $45.27 per gram and 14k about $35.21 per gram, against $60.36 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 79.5 on 1 October 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 79.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 October 2020, gold was around $1,887.50 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,877.40 is a loss of 0.5% over the week.
A month before 1 October 2020, gold was around $1,887.50 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,877.40 is a loss of 0.5% over the month.
A year before 1 October 2020, gold was around $1,511.40 per troy ounce. The close of $1,877.40 therefore represents a rise of 24.2% over twelve months.