Distance from the record
This close sat 10.51% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 11 May 2021, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,835.90 per troy ounce on 11 May 2021, down $1.600 (0.09%) from the previous close of $1,837.50.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.09% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 10.51% 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 $1,695.30, making this a +8.29% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,835.90 per troy ounce on 11 May 2021. That is $1.60 lower than the previous close of $1,837.50, a move of -0.09%.
The gold price fell on 11 May 2021, losing $1.60 (0.09%) against the previous session's close of $1,837.50.
At $1,835.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $59.03 on 11 May 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 11 May 2021 18k gold was worth about $44.27 per gram and 14k about $34.43 per gram, against $59.03 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.4 on 11 May 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 11 May 2021, gold was around $1,775.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,835.90 is a gain of 3.4% over the week.
A month before 11 May 2021, gold was around $1,743.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,835.90 is a gain of 5.3% over the month.
It closed 10.51% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.