Distance from the record
This close sat 10.83% 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 15 January 2021, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 14 December 2020
Gold closed at $1,829.30 per troy ounce on 15 January 2021, down $21.00 (1.13%) from the previous close of $1,850.30.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
This close sat 10.83% 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 $1,552.10, making this a +17.86% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,829.30 per troy ounce on 15 January 2021. That is $21.00 lower than the previous close of $1,850.30, a move of -1.13%.
The gold price fell on 15 January 2021, losing $21.00 (1.13%) against the previous session's close of $1,850.30.
At $1,829.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $58.81 on 15 January 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 15 January 2021 18k gold was worth about $44.11 per gram and 14k about $34.31 per gram, against $58.81 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.7 on 15 January 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.7 ounces of silver.
A year before 15 January 2021, gold was around $1,552.10 per troy ounce. The close of $1,829.30 therefore represents a rise of 17.9% over twelve months.
It closed 10.83% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.