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No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 20 August 2026, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 14 May 2026
Gold closed at $4,573.70 per troy ounce on 20 August 2026, up $32.70 (0.72%) from the previous close of $4,541.00.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 14.00% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2026-01-29.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $3,343.40, making this a +36.80% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $4,573.70 per troy ounce on 20 August 2026. That is $32.70 higher than the previous close of $4,541.00, a move of 0.72%.
The gold price rose on 20 August 2026, gaining $32.70 (0.72%) against the previous session's close of $4,541.00.
At $4,573.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $147.05 on 20 August 2026. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 20 August 2026 18k gold was worth about $110.29 per gram and 14k about $85.78 per gram, against $147.05 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 67.2 on 20 August 2026, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 67.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 20 August 2026, gold was around $4,414.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,573.70 is a gain of 3.6% over the week.
A month before 20 August 2026, gold was around $4,010.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,573.70 is a gain of 14.0% over the month.
A year before 20 August 2026, gold was around $3,343.40 per troy ounce. The close of $4,573.70 therefore represents a rise of 36.8% over twelve months.
It closed 14.00% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2026-01-29.
The most recent higher close was about 3 months earlier — 66 trading sessions before this one.