Gold closed at $4,718.70 per troy ounce on 11 May 2026, down $1.700 (0.04%) from the previous close of $4,720.40.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $3,335.40, making this a +41.47% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $4,718.70 per troy ounce on 11 May 2026. That is $1.70 lower than the previous close of $4,720.40, a move of -0.04%.
The gold price fell on 11 May 2026, losing $1.70 (0.04%) against the previous session's close of $4,720.40.
At $4,718.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $151.71 on 11 May 2026. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 11 May 2026 18k gold was worth about $113.78 per gram and 14k about $88.50 per gram, against $151.71 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 55.2 on 11 May 2026, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 55.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 11 May 2026, gold was around $4,519.50 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,718.70 is a gain of 4.4% over the week.
A month before 11 May 2026, gold was around $4,761.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,718.70 is a loss of 0.9% over the month.
A year before 11 May 2026, gold was around $3,335.40 per troy ounce. The close of $4,718.70 therefore represents a rise of 41.5% over twelve months.