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Gold's highest closing price on record
Gold closed at $4,831.80 per troy ounce on 21 January 2026, up $72.20 (1.52%) from the previous close of $4,759.60.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $2,755.00, making this a +75.38% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $4,831.80 per troy ounce on 21 January 2026. That is $72.20 higher than the previous close of $4,759.60, a move of 1.52%.
The gold price rose on 21 January 2026, gaining $72.20 (1.52%) against the previous session's close of $4,759.60.
At $4,831.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $155.35 on 21 January 2026. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 21 January 2026 18k gold was worth about $116.51 per gram and 14k about $90.62 per gram, against $155.35 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 52.4 on 21 January 2026, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 52.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 21 January 2026, gold was around $4,626.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,831.80 is a gain of 4.4% over the week.
A month before 21 January 2026, gold was around $4,361.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,831.80 is a gain of 10.8% over the month.
A year before 21 January 2026, gold was around $2,755.00 per troy ounce. The close of $4,831.80 therefore represents a rise of 75.4% over twelve months.