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Gold closed at $5,001.00 per troy ounce on 17 March 2026, up $7.000 (0.14%) from the previous close of $4,994.00.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $3,000.00, making this a +66.70% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $5,001.00 per troy ounce on 17 March 2026. That is $7.00 higher than the previous close of $4,994.00, a move of 0.14%.
The gold price rose on 17 March 2026, gaining $7.00 (0.14%) against the previous session's close of $4,994.00.
At $5,001.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $160.79 on 17 March 2026. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 17 March 2026 18k gold was worth about $120.59 per gram and 14k about $93.79 per gram, against $160.79 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 62.9 on 17 March 2026, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 62.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 17 March 2026, gold was around $5,229.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $5,001.00 is a loss of 4.4% over the week.
A month before 17 March 2026, gold was around $4,882.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $5,001.00 is a gain of 2.4% over the month.
A year before 17 March 2026, gold was around $3,000.00 per troy ounce. The close of $5,001.00 therefore represents a rise of 66.7% over twelve months.