Highest closing price since 1 July 2021
Gold closed at $1,783.00 per troy ounce on 1 October 2021, up $27.70 (1.58%) from the previous close of $1,755.30.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,877.40, making this a -5.03% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,783.00 per troy ounce on 1 October 2021. That is $27.70 higher than the previous close of $1,755.30, a move of 1.58%.
The gold price rose on 1 October 2021, gaining $27.70 (1.58%) against the previous session's close of $1,755.30.
At $1,783.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $57.32 on 1 October 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 1 October 2021 18k gold was worth about $42.99 per gram and 14k about $33.44 per gram, against $57.32 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 74.5 on 1 October 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 74.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 October 2021, gold was around $1,755.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,783.00 is a gain of 1.6% over the week.
A month before 1 October 2021, gold was around $1,755.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,783.00 is a gain of 1.6% over the month.
A year before 1 October 2021, gold was around $1,877.40 per troy ounce. The close of $1,783.00 therefore represents a fall of 5.0% over twelve months.