Distance from the record
This close sat 14.71% 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 24 September 2021, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,749.70 per troy ounce on 24 September 2021, up $2.000 (0.11%) from the previous close of $1,747.70.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.11% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 14.71% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,868.30, making this a -6.35% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,749.70 per troy ounce on 24 September 2021. That is $2.00 higher than the previous close of $1,747.70, a move of 0.11%.
The gold price rose on 24 September 2021, gaining $2.00 (0.11%) against the previous session's close of $1,747.70.
At $1,749.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $56.25 on 24 September 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 24 September 2021 18k gold was worth about $42.19 per gram and 14k about $32.81 per gram, against $56.25 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.2 on 24 September 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.2 ounces of silver.
It closed 14.71% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.