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Gold's highest closing price on record
Gold closed at $4,976.20 per troy ounce on 23 January 2026, up $67.40 (1.37%) from the previous close of $4,908.80.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $2,763.10, making this a +80.09% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $4,976.20 per troy ounce on 23 January 2026. That is $67.40 higher than the previous close of $4,908.80, a move of 1.37%.
The gold price rose on 23 January 2026, gaining $67.40 (1.37%) against the previous session's close of $4,908.80.
At $4,976.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $159.99 on 23 January 2026. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 23 January 2026 18k gold was worth about $119.99 per gram and 14k about $93.33 per gram, against $159.99 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 49.3 on 23 January 2026, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 49.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 23 January 2026, gold was around $4,588.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,976.20 is a gain of 8.5% over the week.
A month before 23 January 2026, gold was around $4,482.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,976.20 is a gain of 11.0% over the month.
A year before 23 January 2026, gold was around $2,763.10 per troy ounce. The close of $4,976.20 therefore represents a rise of 80.1% over twelve months.