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 January 2017, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 17 November 2016
Gold closed at $1,215.00 per troy ounce on 23 January 2017, up $10.70 (0.89%) from the previous close of $1,204.30.
Notable session: highest close of the month.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 35.67% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,097.20, making this a +10.74% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,215.00 per troy ounce on 23 January 2017. That is $10.70 higher than the previous close of $1,204.30, a move of 0.89%.
The gold price rose on 23 January 2017, gaining $10.70 (0.89%) against the previous session's close of $1,204.30.
At $1,215.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $39.06 on 23 January 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 23 January 2017 18k gold was worth about $29.30 per gram and 14k about $22.79 per gram, against $39.06 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.8 on 23 January 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.8 ounces of silver.
A month before 23 January 2017, gold was around $1,131.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,215.00 is a gain of 7.3% over the month.
It closed 35.67% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.