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Gold's highest closing price on record
Gold closed at $4,759.60 per troy ounce on 20 January 2026, up $171.20 (3.73%) from the previous close of $4,588.40.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $2,744.30, making this a +73.44% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $4,759.60 per troy ounce on 20 January 2026. That is $171.20 higher than the previous close of $4,588.40, a move of 3.73%.
The gold price rose on 20 January 2026, gaining $171.20 (3.73%) against the previous session's close of $4,588.40.
At $4,759.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $153.02 on 20 January 2026. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 20 January 2026 18k gold was worth about $114.77 per gram and 14k about $89.26 per gram, against $153.02 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 50.5 on 20 January 2026, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 50.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 20 January 2026, gold was around $4,589.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,759.60 is a gain of 3.7% over the week.
A month before 20 January 2026, gold was around $4,361.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,759.60 is a gain of 9.1% over the month.
A year before 20 January 2026, gold was around $2,744.30 per troy ounce. The close of $4,759.60 therefore represents a rise of 73.4% over twelve months.