Distance from the record
This close sat 35.12% 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 October 2018, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,225.30 per troy ounce on 19 October 2018, down $1.200 (0.10%) from the previous close of $1,226.50.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.10% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 35.12% 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 $1,286.90, making this a -4.79% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,225.30 per troy ounce on 19 October 2018. That is $1.20 lower than the previous close of $1,226.50, a move of -0.10%.
The gold price fell on 19 October 2018, losing $1.20 (0.10%) against the previous session's close of $1,226.50.
At $1,225.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $39.39 on 19 October 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 19 October 2018 18k gold was worth about $29.55 per gram and 14k about $22.98 per gram, against $39.39 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 84.0 on 19 October 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 84.0 ounces of silver.
It closed 35.12% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.