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Gold closed at $4,539.80 per troy ounce on 21 May 2026, up $8.500 (0.19%) from the previous close of $4,531.30.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $3,309.30, making this a +37.18% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $4,539.80 per troy ounce on 21 May 2026. That is $8.50 higher than the previous close of $4,531.30, a move of 0.19%.
The gold price rose on 21 May 2026, gaining $8.50 (0.19%) against the previous session's close of $4,531.30.
At $4,539.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $145.96 on 21 May 2026. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 21 May 2026 18k gold was worth about $109.47 per gram and 14k about $85.14 per gram, against $145.96 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.4 on 21 May 2026, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 21 May 2026, gold was around $4,678.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,539.80 is a loss of 3.0% over the week.
A month before 21 May 2026, gold was around $4,698.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,539.80 is a loss of 3.4% over the month.
A year before 21 May 2026, gold was around $3,309.30 per troy ounce. The close of $4,539.80 therefore represents a rise of 37.2% over twelve months.