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 24 January 2018, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 4 August 2016
Gold closed at $1,355.90 per troy ounce on 24 January 2018, up $20.20 (1.51%) from the previous close of $1,335.70.
Gold had not closed this high for about a year. Reclaiming a level after that long usually says more about the trend than the size of the day's move does.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 28.21% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
One of the ten highest gold closes of that year, ranking 3 of 251 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,210.30, making this a +12.03% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,355.90 per troy ounce on 24 January 2018. That is $20.20 higher than the previous close of $1,335.70, a move of 1.51%.
The gold price rose on 24 January 2018, gaining $20.20 (1.51%) against the previous session's close of $1,335.70.
At $1,355.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $43.59 on 24 January 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 24 January 2018 18k gold was worth about $32.69 per gram and 14k about $25.43 per gram, against $43.59 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 77.8 on 24 January 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 77.8 ounces of silver.
A month before 24 January 2018, gold was around $1,275.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,355.90 is a gain of 6.3% over the month.
A year before 24 January 2018, gold was around $1,210.30 per troy ounce. The close of $1,355.90 therefore represents a rise of 12.0% over twelve months.
It closed 28.21% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.
The most recent higher close was about a year earlier — 368 trading sessions before this one.