Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 14 May 2021, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 10 February 2021
Gold closed at $1,837.90 per troy ounce on 14 May 2021, up $14.10 (0.77%) from the previous close of $1,823.80.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 10.41% 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 $1,738.10, making this a +5.74% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,837.90 per troy ounce on 14 May 2021. That is $14.10 higher than the previous close of $1,823.80, a move of 0.77%.
The gold price rose on 14 May 2021, gaining $14.10 (0.77%) against the previous session's close of $1,823.80.
At $1,837.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $59.09 on 14 May 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 14 May 2021 18k gold was worth about $44.32 per gram and 14k about $34.47 per gram, against $59.09 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 67.2 on 14 May 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 67.2 ounces of silver.
A month before 14 May 2021, gold was around $1,734.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,837.90 is a gain of 5.9% over the month.
It closed 10.41% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.
The most recent higher close was about 3 months earlier — 65 trading sessions before this one.