Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 17 May 2016, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 6 May 2016
Gold closed at $1,276.20 per troy ounce on 17 May 2016, up $2.800 (0.22%) from the previous close of $1,273.40.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 32.43% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,225.50, making this a +4.14% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,276.20 per troy ounce on 17 May 2016. That is $2.80 higher than the previous close of $1,273.40, a move of 0.22%.
The gold price rose on 17 May 2016, gaining $2.80 (0.22%) against the previous session's close of $1,273.40.
At $1,276.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $41.03 on 17 May 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 17 May 2016 18k gold was worth about $30.77 per gram and 14k about $23.93 per gram, against $41.03 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 74.0 on 17 May 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 74.0 ounces of silver.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 32.43% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.