Distance from the record
This close sat 31.52% 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 20 August 2014, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 5 August 2014
Gold closed at $1,293.40 per troy ounce on 20 August 2014, down $1.700 (0.13%) from the previous close of $1,295.10.
This close extended a run of 4 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 31.52% 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 $1,373.10, making this a -5.80% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,293.40 per troy ounce on 20 August 2014. That is $1.70 lower than the previous close of $1,295.10, a move of -0.13%.
The gold price fell on 20 August 2014, losing $1.70 (0.13%) against the previous session's close of $1,295.10.
At $1,293.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $41.58 on 20 August 2014. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 20 August 2014 18k gold was worth about $31.19 per gram and 14k about $24.26 per gram, against $41.58 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.4 on 20 August 2014, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.4 ounces of silver.
This close was session 4 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 31.52% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.