Distance from the record
This close sat 33.22% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 23 June 2016, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 8 June 2016
Gold closed at $1,261.20 per troy ounce on 23 June 2016, down $6.800 (0.54%) from the previous close of $1,268.00.
This close extended a run of 5 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 33.22% 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 $1,176.20, making this a +7.23% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,261.20 per troy ounce on 23 June 2016. That is $6.80 lower than the previous close of $1,268.00, a move of -0.54%.
The gold price fell on 23 June 2016, losing $6.80 (0.54%) against the previous session's close of $1,268.00.
At $1,261.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $40.55 on 23 June 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 23 June 2016 18k gold was worth about $30.41 per gram and 14k about $23.65 per gram, against $40.55 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 72.7 on 23 June 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 72.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 23 June 2016, gold was around $1,296.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,261.20 is a loss of 2.7% over the week.
This close was session 5 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 33.22% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.