Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 2 June 2011, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,532.00 per troy ounce on 2 June 2011, up $29.70 (1.98%) from the previous close of $1,502.30.
Gold moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 1.59% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-05-02.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,220.60, making this a +25.51% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,532.00 per troy ounce on 2 June 2011. That is $29.70 higher than the previous close of $1,502.30, a move of 1.98%.
The gold price rose on 2 June 2011, gaining $29.70 (1.98%) against the previous session's close of $1,502.30.
At $1,532.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $49.25 on 2 June 2011. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 2 June 2011 18k gold was worth about $36.94 per gram and 14k about $28.73 per gram, against $49.25 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 42.3 on 2 June 2011, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 42.3 ounces of silver.
A year before 2 June 2011, gold was around $1,220.60 per troy ounce. The close of $1,532.00 therefore represents a rise of 25.5% over twelve months.
It closed 1.59% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-05-02.