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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 19 October 2023, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 31 July 2023
Gold closed at $1,968.40 per troy ounce on 19 October 2023, up $13.10 (0.67%) from the previous close of $1,955.30.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 4.05% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,627.50, making this a +20.95% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,968.40 per troy ounce on 19 October 2023. That is $13.10 higher than the previous close of $1,955.30, a move of 0.67%.
The gold price rose on 19 October 2023, gaining $13.10 (0.67%) against the previous session's close of $1,955.30.
At $1,968.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $63.29 on 19 October 2023. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 19 October 2023 18k gold was worth about $47.46 per gram and 14k about $36.92 per gram, against $63.29 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 86.0 on 19 October 2023, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 86.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 19 October 2023, gold was around $1,869.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,968.40 is a gain of 5.3% over the week.
A year before 19 October 2023, gold was around $1,627.50 per troy ounce. The close of $1,968.40 therefore represents a rise of 20.9% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 4.05% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.