Distance from the record
This close sat 13.19% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 20 August 2021, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,781.00 per troy ounce on 20 August 2021, up $0.800 (0.04%) from the previous close of $1,780.20.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.04% 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 13.19% 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 $1,933.80, making this a -7.90% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,781.00 per troy ounce on 20 August 2021. That is $0.80 higher than the previous close of $1,780.20, a move of 0.04%.
The gold price rose on 20 August 2021, gaining $0.80 (0.04%) against the previous session's close of $1,780.20.
At $1,781.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $57.26 on 20 August 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 20 August 2021 18k gold was worth about $42.95 per gram and 14k about $33.40 per gram, against $57.26 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 77.1 on 20 August 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 77.1 ounces of silver.
It closed 13.19% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.