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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 21 May 2024, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $2,421.70 per troy ounce on 21 May 2024, down $12.20 (0.50%) from the previous close of $2,433.90.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,978.70, making this a +22.39% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $2,421.70 per troy ounce on 21 May 2024. That is $12.20 lower than the previous close of $2,433.90, a move of -0.50%.
The gold price fell on 21 May 2024, losing $12.20 (0.50%) against the previous session's close of $2,433.90.
At $2,421.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $77.86 on 21 May 2024. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 21 May 2024 18k gold was worth about $58.39 per gram and 14k about $45.42 per gram, against $77.86 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.0 on 21 May 2024, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 21 May 2024, gold was around $2,353.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $2,421.70 is a gain of 2.9% over the week.
A year before 21 May 2024, gold was around $1,978.70 per troy ounce. The close of $2,421.70 therefore represents a rise of 22.4% over twelve months.
It closed 0.50% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2024-05-20.