Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 19 February 2019, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 19 April 2018
Gold closed at $1,340.10 per troy ounce on 19 February 2019, up $22.00 (1.67%) from the previous close of $1,318.10.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 29.05% 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 $1,353.20, making this a -0.97% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,340.10 per troy ounce on 19 February 2019. That is $22.00 higher than the previous close of $1,318.10, a move of 1.67%.
The gold price rose on 19 February 2019, gaining $22.00 (1.67%) against the previous session's close of $1,318.10.
At $1,340.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $43.09 on 19 February 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 19 February 2019 18k gold was worth about $32.31 per gram and 14k about $25.13 per gram, against $43.09 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 84.0 on 19 February 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 84.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 19 February 2019, gold was around $1,309.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,340.10 is a gain of 2.4% over the week.
It closed 29.05% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.
The most recent higher close was about 10 months earlier — 210 trading sessions before this one.