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 October 2016, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,253.00 per troy ounce on 11 October 2016, up $4.100 (0.33%) from the previous close of $1,248.90.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 33.66% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,156.30, making this a +8.36% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,253.00 per troy ounce on 11 October 2016. That is $4.10 higher than the previous close of $1,248.90, a move of 0.33%.
The gold price rose on 11 October 2016, gaining $4.10 (0.33%) against the previous session's close of $1,248.90.
At $1,253.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $40.28 on 11 October 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 11 October 2016 18k gold was worth about $30.21 per gram and 14k about $23.50 per gram, against $40.28 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 71.8 on 11 October 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 71.8 ounces of silver.
A month before 11 October 2016, gold was around $1,330.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,253.00 is a loss of 5.8% over the month.
It closed 33.66% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.