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 14 August 2017, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,284.20 per troy ounce on 14 August 2017, down $3.500 (0.27%) from the previous close of $1,287.70.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 32.01% 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 $1,335.80, making this a -3.86% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,284.20 per troy ounce on 14 August 2017. That is $3.50 lower than the previous close of $1,287.70, a move of -0.27%.
The gold price fell on 14 August 2017, losing $3.50 (0.27%) against the previous session's close of $1,287.70.
At $1,284.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $41.29 on 14 August 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 14 August 2017 18k gold was worth about $30.97 per gram and 14k about $24.08 per gram, against $41.29 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.1 on 14 August 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 14 August 2017, gold was around $1,258.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,284.20 is a gain of 2.1% over the week.
It closed 32.01% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.