Distance from the record
This close sat 11.38% 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 2023, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 28 December 2022
Gold closed at $1,818.00 per troy ounce on 23 February 2023, down $14.00 (0.76%) from the previous close of $1,832.00.
This close extended a run of 4 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 11.38% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
One of the ten lowest gold closes of that year, ranking 244 of 249 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,909.20, making this a -4.78% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,818.00 per troy ounce on 23 February 2023. That is $14.00 lower than the previous close of $1,832.00, a move of -0.76%.
The gold price fell on 23 February 2023, losing $14.00 (0.76%) against the previous session's close of $1,832.00.
At $1,818.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $58.45 on 23 February 2023. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 23 February 2023 18k gold was worth about $43.84 per gram and 14k about $34.10 per gram, against $58.45 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 85.4 on 23 February 2023, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 85.4 ounces of silver.
A month before 23 February 2023, gold was around $1,927.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,818.00 is a loss of 5.7% over the month.
This close was session 4 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 11.38% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.