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Gold closed at $4,531.30 per troy ounce on 20 May 2026, up $25.00 (0.55%) from the previous close of $4,506.30.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $3,280.30, making this a +38.14% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $4,531.30 per troy ounce on 20 May 2026. That is $25.00 higher than the previous close of $4,506.30, a move of 0.55%.
The gold price rose on 20 May 2026, gaining $25.00 (0.55%) against the previous session's close of $4,506.30.
At $4,531.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $145.68 on 20 May 2026. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 20 May 2026 18k gold was worth about $109.26 per gram and 14k about $84.98 per gram, against $145.68 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.7 on 20 May 2026, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 20 May 2026, gold was around $4,697.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,531.30 is a loss of 3.5% over the week.
A month before 20 May 2026, gold was around $4,806.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,531.30 is a loss of 5.7% over the month.
A year before 20 May 2026, gold was around $3,280.30 per troy ounce. The close of $4,531.30 therefore represents a rise of 38.1% over twelve months.