Distance from the record
This close sat 13.67% 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 February 2021, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 25 June 2020
Gold closed at $1,771.10 per troy ounce on 17 February 2021, down $26.10 (1.45%) from the previous close of $1,797.20.
This close extended a run of 4 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 13.67% 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 $1,582.70, making this a +11.90% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,771.10 per troy ounce on 17 February 2021. That is $26.10 lower than the previous close of $1,797.20, a move of -1.45%.
The gold price fell on 17 February 2021, losing $26.10 (1.45%) against the previous session's close of $1,797.20.
At $1,771.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $56.94 on 17 February 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 17 February 2021 18k gold was worth about $42.71 per gram and 14k about $33.22 per gram, against $56.94 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.8 on 17 February 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 17 February 2021, gold was around $1,840.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,771.10 is a loss of 3.8% over the week.
This close was session 4 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 13.67% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.