Distance from the record
This close sat 13.16% 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 18 August 2021, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,781.60 per troy ounce on 18 August 2021, down $3.400 (0.19%) from the previous close of $1,785.00.
This close sat 13.16% 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 $1,999.40, making this a -10.89% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,781.60 per troy ounce on 18 August 2021. That is $3.40 lower than the previous close of $1,785.00, a move of -0.19%.
The gold price fell on 18 August 2021, losing $3.40 (0.19%) against the previous session's close of $1,785.00.
At $1,781.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $57.28 on 18 August 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 18 August 2021 18k gold was worth about $42.96 per gram and 14k about $33.41 per gram, against $57.28 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.1 on 18 August 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.1 ounces of silver.
It closed 13.16% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.