Distance from the record
This close sat 29.79% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 18 January 2018, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,326.00 per troy ounce on 18 January 2018, down $12.00 (0.90%) from the previous close of $1,338.00.
This close sat 29.79% 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 $1,211.30, making this a +9.47% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,326.00 per troy ounce on 18 January 2018. That is $12.00 lower than the previous close of $1,338.00, a move of -0.90%.
The gold price fell on 18 January 2018, losing $12.00 (0.90%) against the previous session's close of $1,338.00.
At $1,326.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $42.63 on 18 January 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 18 January 2018 18k gold was worth about $31.97 per gram and 14k about $24.87 per gram, against $42.63 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.5 on 18 January 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.5 ounces of silver.
A month before 18 January 2018, gold was around $1,262.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,326.00 is a gain of 5.1% over the month.
It closed 29.79% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.