Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 23 August 2019, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 11 April 2013
Gold closed at $1,526.60 per troy ounce on 23 August 2019, up $29.30 (1.96%) from the previous close of $1,497.30.
Gold had not closed this high for about 6 years. Reclaiming a level after that long usually says more about the trend than the size of the day's move does.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 19.17% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
One of the ten highest gold closes of that year, ranking 6 of 253 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,187.00, making this a +28.61% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,526.60 per troy ounce on 23 August 2019. That is $29.30 higher than the previous close of $1,497.30, a move of 1.96%.
The gold price rose on 23 August 2019, gaining $29.30 (1.96%) against the previous session's close of $1,497.30.
At $1,526.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $49.08 on 23 August 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 23 August 2019 18k gold was worth about $36.81 per gram and 14k about $28.63 per gram, against $49.08 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 87.8 on 23 August 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 87.8 ounces of silver.
A month before 23 August 2019, gold was around $1,420.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,526.60 is a gain of 7.5% over the month.
A year before 23 August 2019, gold was around $1,187.00 per troy ounce. The close of $1,526.60 therefore represents a rise of 28.6% over twelve months.
It closed 19.17% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.
The most recent higher close was about 6 years earlier — 1599 trading sessions before this one.