Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 11 March 2021, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,722.30 per troy ounce on 11 March 2021, up $0.800 (0.05%) from the previous close of $1,721.50.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 16.05% 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 $1,641.40, making this a +4.93% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,722.30 per troy ounce on 11 March 2021. That is $0.80 higher than the previous close of $1,721.50, a move of 0.05%.
The gold price rose on 11 March 2021, gaining $0.80 (0.05%) against the previous session's close of $1,721.50.
At $1,722.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $55.37 on 11 March 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 11 March 2021 18k gold was worth about $41.53 per gram and 14k about $32.30 per gram, against $55.37 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.8 on 11 March 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.8 ounces of silver.
A month before 11 March 2021, gold was around $1,824.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,722.30 is a loss of 5.6% over the month.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 16.05% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.