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Highest closing price since 18 March 2026
Gold closed at $4,857.60 per troy ounce on 17 April 2026, up $72.20 (1.51%) from the previous close of $4,785.40.
Notable session: highest close of the month.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $3,308.70, making this a +46.81% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $4,857.60 per troy ounce on 17 April 2026. That is $72.20 higher than the previous close of $4,785.40, a move of 1.51%.
The gold price rose on 17 April 2026, gaining $72.20 (1.51%) against the previous session's close of $4,785.40.
At $4,857.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $156.18 on 17 April 2026. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 17 April 2026 18k gold was worth about $117.13 per gram and 14k about $91.10 per gram, against $156.18 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.4 on 17 April 2026, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 17 April 2026, gold was around $4,761.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,857.60 is a gain of 2.0% over the week.
A month before 17 April 2026, gold was around $5,001.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,857.60 is a loss of 2.9% over the month.
A year before 17 April 2026, gold was around $3,308.70 per troy ounce. The close of $4,857.60 therefore represents a rise of 46.8% over twelve months.