Distance from the record
This close sat 36.42% 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 19 January 2017, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,200.90 per troy ounce on 19 January 2017, down $10.40 (0.86%) from the previous close of $1,211.30.
This close sat 36.42% 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 $1,089.90, making this a +10.18% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,200.90 per troy ounce on 19 January 2017. That is $10.40 lower than the previous close of $1,211.30, a move of -0.86%.
The gold price fell on 19 January 2017, losing $10.40 (0.86%) against the previous session's close of $1,211.30.
At $1,200.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $38.61 on 19 January 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 19 January 2017 18k gold was worth about $28.96 per gram and 14k about $22.52 per gram, against $38.61 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.8 on 19 January 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.8 ounces of silver.
A month before 19 January 2017, gold was around $1,140.50 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,200.90 is a gain of 5.3% over the month.
It closed 36.42% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.