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Gold's highest closing price on record
Gold closed at $4,347.50 per troy ounce on 17 December 2025, up $43.00 (1.00%) from the previous close of $4,304.50.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $2,644.40, making this a +64.40% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $4,347.50 per troy ounce on 17 December 2025. That is $43.00 higher than the previous close of $4,304.50, a move of 1.00%.
The gold price rose on 17 December 2025, gaining $43.00 (1.00%) against the previous session's close of $4,304.50.
At $4,347.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $139.78 on 17 December 2025. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 17 December 2025 18k gold was worth about $104.83 per gram and 14k about $81.54 per gram, against $139.78 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.6 on 17 December 2025, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 17 December 2025, gold was around $4,196.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,347.50 is a gain of 3.6% over the week.
A month before 17 December 2025, gold was around $4,068.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,347.50 is a gain of 6.9% over the month.
A year before 17 December 2025, gold was around $2,644.40 per troy ounce. The close of $4,347.50 therefore represents a rise of 64.4% over twelve months.