Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 25 May 2011, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 3 May 2011
Gold closed at $1,526.60 per troy ounce on 25 May 2011, up $3.400 (0.22%) from the previous close of $1,523.20.
This close extended a run of 4 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.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 1.93% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-05-02.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,197.80, making this a +27.45% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,526.60 per troy ounce on 25 May 2011. That is $3.40 higher than the previous close of $1,523.20, a move of 0.22%.
The gold price rose on 25 May 2011, gaining $3.40 (0.22%) against the previous session's close of $1,523.20.
At $1,526.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $49.08 on 25 May 2011. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 25 May 2011 18k gold was worth about $36.81 per gram and 14k about $28.63 per gram, against $49.08 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 40.6 on 25 May 2011, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 40.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 25 May 2011, gold was around $1,495.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,526.60 is a gain of 2.1% over the week.
A year before 25 May 2011, gold was around $1,197.80 per troy ounce. The close of $1,526.60 therefore represents a rise of 27.5% over twelve months.
This close was session 4 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 1.93% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-05-02.