Distance from the record
This close sat 29.48% 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 2018, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,331.90 per troy ounce on 19 January 2018, up $5.900 (0.44%) from the previous close of $1,326.00.
This close sat 29.48% 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 $1,200.90, making this a +10.91% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,331.90 per troy ounce on 19 January 2018. That is $5.90 higher than the previous close of $1,326.00, a move of 0.44%.
The gold price rose on 19 January 2018, gaining $5.90 (0.44%) against the previous session's close of $1,326.00.
At $1,331.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $42.82 on 19 January 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 19 January 2018 18k gold was worth about $32.12 per gram and 14k about $24.98 per gram, against $42.82 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.5 on 19 January 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.5 ounces of silver.
A month before 19 January 2018, gold was around $1,260.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,331.90 is a gain of 5.6% over the month.
It closed 29.48% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.