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Lowest closing price since 4 May 2026
Gold closed at $4,552.50 per troy ounce on 18 May 2026, down $3.300 (0.07%) from the previous close of $4,555.80.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $3,182.00, making this a +43.07% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $4,552.50 per troy ounce on 18 May 2026. That is $3.30 lower than the previous close of $4,555.80, a move of -0.07%.
The gold price fell on 18 May 2026, losing $3.30 (0.07%) against the previous session's close of $4,555.80.
At $4,552.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $146.37 on 18 May 2026. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 18 May 2026 18k gold was worth about $109.77 per gram and 14k about $85.38 per gram, against $146.37 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.1 on 18 May 2026, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 18 May 2026, gold was around $4,718.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,552.50 is a loss of 3.5% over the week.
A month before 18 May 2026, gold was around $4,857.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,552.50 is a loss of 6.3% over the month.
A year before 18 May 2026, gold was around $3,182.00 per troy ounce. The close of $4,552.50 therefore represents a rise of 43.1% over twelve months.