Distance from the record
This close sat 5.44% 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 September 2020, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,940.00 per troy ounce on 17 September 2020, down $20.20 (1.03%) from the previous close of $1,960.20.
Gold moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 5.44% 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 $1,505.10, making this a +28.90% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,940.00 per troy ounce on 17 September 2020. That is $20.20 lower than the previous close of $1,960.20, a move of -1.03%.
The gold price fell on 17 September 2020, losing $20.20 (1.03%) against the previous session's close of $1,960.20.
At $1,940.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $62.37 on 17 September 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 17 September 2020 18k gold was worth about $46.78 per gram and 14k about $36.38 per gram, against $62.37 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 71.9 on 17 September 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 71.9 ounces of silver.
A year before 17 September 2020, gold was around $1,505.10 per troy ounce. The close of $1,940.00 therefore represents a rise of 28.9% over twelve months.
It closed 5.44% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.