Distance from the record
This close sat 5.70% 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 21 August 2020, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,934.60 per troy ounce on 21 August 2020, up $0.800 (0.04%) from the previous close of $1,933.80.
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 5.70% 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 $1,504.60, making this a +28.58% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,934.60 per troy ounce on 21 August 2020. That is $0.80 higher than the previous close of $1,933.80, a move of 0.04%.
The gold price rose on 21 August 2020, gaining $0.80 (0.04%) against the previous session's close of $1,933.80.
At $1,934.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $62.20 on 21 August 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 21 August 2020 18k gold was worth about $46.65 per gram and 14k about $36.28 per gram, against $62.20 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 72.4 on 21 August 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 72.4 ounces of silver.
A month before 21 August 2020, gold was around $1,842.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,934.60 is a gain of 5.0% over the month.
A year before 21 August 2020, gold was around $1,504.60 per troy ounce. The close of $1,934.60 therefore represents a rise of 28.6% over twelve months.
It closed 5.70% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.