Distance from the record
This close sat 12.04% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 23 February 2021, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,804.40 per troy ounce on 23 February 2021, down $2.300 (0.13%) from the previous close of $1,806.70.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.13% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 12.04% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,644.60, making this a +9.72% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,804.40 per troy ounce on 23 February 2021. That is $2.30 lower than the previous close of $1,806.70, a move of -0.13%.
The gold price fell on 23 February 2021, losing $2.30 (0.13%) against the previous session's close of $1,806.70.
At $1,804.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $58.01 on 23 February 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 23 February 2021 18k gold was worth about $43.51 per gram and 14k about $33.84 per gram, against $58.01 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.2 on 23 February 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.2 ounces of silver.
It closed 12.04% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.