Distance from the record
This close sat 14.73% 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 2021, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 12 August 2021
Gold closed at $1,749.40 per troy ounce on 17 September 2021, down $5.200 (0.30%) from the previous close of $1,754.60.
This close extended a run of 3 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 14.73% 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 $1,940.00, making this a -9.82% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,749.40 per troy ounce on 17 September 2021. That is $5.20 lower than the previous close of $1,754.60, a move of -0.30%.
The gold price fell on 17 September 2021, losing $5.20 (0.30%) against the previous session's close of $1,754.60.
At $1,749.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $56.24 on 17 September 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 17 September 2021 18k gold was worth about $42.18 per gram and 14k about $32.81 per gram, against $56.24 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.5 on 17 September 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 17 September 2021, gold was around $1,789.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,749.40 is a loss of 2.2% over the week.
This close was session 3 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 14.73% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.