Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 25 August 2026, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 11 May 2026
Gold closed at $4,705.70 per troy ounce on 25 August 2026, up $13.20 (0.28%) from the previous close of $4,692.50.
Notable session: highest close of the month.
This close extended a run of 5 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 11.52% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2026-01-29.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $3,373.80, making this a +39.48% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $4,705.70 per troy ounce on 25 August 2026. That is $13.20 higher than the previous close of $4,692.50, a move of 0.28%.
The gold price rose on 25 August 2026, gaining $13.20 (0.28%) against the previous session's close of $4,692.50.
At $4,705.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $151.29 on 25 August 2026. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 25 August 2026 18k gold was worth about $113.47 per gram and 14k about $88.25 per gram, against $151.29 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 68.3 on 25 August 2026, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 68.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 25 August 2026, gold was around $4,414.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,705.70 is a gain of 6.6% over the week.
A month before 25 August 2026, gold was around $4,067.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,705.70 is a gain of 15.7% over the month.
A year before 25 August 2026, gold was around $3,373.80 per troy ounce. The close of $4,705.70 therefore represents a rise of 39.5% over twelve months.
This close was session 5 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 11.52% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2026-01-29.
The most recent higher close was about 3 months earlier — 72 trading sessions before this one.