Distance from the record
This close sat 12.99% 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 17 August 2021, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,785.00 per troy ounce on 17 August 2021, down $1.900 (0.11%) from the previous close of $1,786.90.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.11% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 12.99% 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 $1,985.00, making this a -10.08% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,785.00 per troy ounce on 17 August 2021. That is $1.90 lower than the previous close of $1,786.90, a move of -0.11%.
The gold price fell on 17 August 2021, losing $1.90 (0.11%) against the previous session's close of $1,786.90.
At $1,785.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $57.39 on 17 August 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 17 August 2021 18k gold was worth about $43.04 per gram and 14k about $33.48 per gram, against $57.39 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.5 on 17 August 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 17 August 2021, gold was around $1,728.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,785.00 is a gain of 3.3% over the week.
It closed 12.99% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.