Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 11 August 2021, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,750.40 per troy ounce on 11 August 2021, up $21.60 (1.25%) from the previous close of $1,728.80.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 14.68% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,932.60, making this a -9.43% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,750.40 per troy ounce on 11 August 2021. That is $21.60 higher than the previous close of $1,728.80, a move of 1.25%.
The gold price rose on 11 August 2021, gaining $21.60 (1.25%) against the previous session's close of $1,728.80.
At $1,750.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $56.28 on 11 August 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 11 August 2021 18k gold was worth about $42.21 per gram and 14k about $32.83 per gram, against $56.28 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 74.6 on 11 August 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 74.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 11 August 2021, gold was around $1,810.50 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,750.40 is a loss of 3.3% over the week.
It closed 14.68% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.