Distance from the record
This close sat 10.29% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 17 February 2023, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,840.40 per troy ounce on 17 February 2023, down $1.600 (0.09%) from the previous close of $1,842.00.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.09% 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 10.29% 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 $1,900.70, making this a -3.17% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,840.40 per troy ounce on 17 February 2023. That is $1.60 lower than the previous close of $1,842.00, a move of -0.09%.
The gold price fell on 17 February 2023, losing $1.60 (0.09%) against the previous session's close of $1,842.00.
At $1,840.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $59.17 on 17 February 2023. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 17 February 2023 18k gold was worth about $44.38 per gram and 14k about $34.52 per gram, against $59.17 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 84.8 on 17 February 2023, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 84.8 ounces of silver.
It closed 10.29% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.