Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 21 March 2011, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 9 March 2011
Gold closed at $1,426.20 per troy ounce on 21 March 2011, up $10.30 (0.73%) from the previous close of $1,415.90.
This close extended a run of 4 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,107.40, making this a +28.79% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,426.20 per troy ounce on 21 March 2011. That is $10.30 higher than the previous close of $1,415.90, a move of 0.73%.
The gold price rose on 21 March 2011, gaining $10.30 (0.73%) against the previous session's close of $1,415.90.
At $1,426.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $45.85 on 21 March 2011. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 21 March 2011 18k gold was worth about $34.39 per gram and 14k about $26.75 per gram, against $45.85 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 39.6 on 21 March 2011, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 39.6 ounces of silver.
A year before 21 March 2011, gold was around $1,107.40 per troy ounce. The close of $1,426.20 therefore represents a rise of 28.8% over twelve months.
This close was session 4 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 0.88% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-03-01.