Distance from the record
This close sat 13.56% 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 February 2021, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,773.40 per troy ounce on 18 February 2021, up $2.300 (0.13%) from the previous close of $1,771.10.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.13% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 13.56% 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 $1,600.00, making this a +10.84% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,773.40 per troy ounce on 18 February 2021. That is $2.30 higher than the previous close of $1,771.10, a move of 0.13%.
The gold price rose on 18 February 2021, gaining $2.30 (0.13%) against the previous session's close of $1,771.10.
At $1,773.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $57.02 on 18 February 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 18 February 2021 18k gold was worth about $42.76 per gram and 14k about $33.26 per gram, against $57.02 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.5 on 18 February 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 18 February 2021, gold was around $1,824.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,773.40 is a loss of 2.8% over the week.
It closed 13.56% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.