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Gold's highest closing price on record
Gold closed at $4,336.40 per troy ounce on 20 October 2025, up $146.50 (3.50%) from the previous close of $4,189.90.
Notable session: highest close of the month; moved more than 3% in a session.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $2,713.70, making this a +59.80% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $4,336.40 per troy ounce on 20 October 2025. That is $146.50 higher than the previous close of $4,189.90, a move of 3.50%.
The gold price rose on 20 October 2025, gaining $146.50 (3.50%) against the previous session's close of $4,189.90.
At $4,336.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $139.42 on 20 October 2025. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 20 October 2025 18k gold was worth about $104.56 per gram and 14k about $81.33 per gram, against $139.42 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 84.8 on 20 October 2025, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 84.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 20 October 2025, gold was around $4,108.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,336.40 is a gain of 5.5% over the week.
A month before 20 October 2025, gold was around $3,671.50 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,336.40 is a gain of 18.1% over the month.
A year before 20 October 2025, gold was around $2,713.70 per troy ounce. The close of $4,336.40 therefore represents a rise of 59.8% over twelve months.