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 26 December 2023, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 1 December 2023
Gold closed at $2,058.20 per troy ounce on 26 December 2023, up $1.100 (0.05%) from the previous close of $2,057.10.
This close extended a run of 3 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.
One of the ten highest gold closes of that year, ranking 5 of 249 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,795.90, making this a +14.61% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $2,058.20 per troy ounce on 26 December 2023. That is $1.10 higher than the previous close of $2,057.10, a move of 0.05%.
The gold price rose on 26 December 2023, gaining $1.10 (0.05%) against the previous session's close of $2,057.10.
At $2,058.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $66.17 on 26 December 2023. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 26 December 2023 18k gold was worth about $49.63 per gram and 14k about $38.60 per gram, against $66.17 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 85.2 on 26 December 2023, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 85.2 ounces of silver.
A year before 26 December 2023, gold was around $1,795.90 per troy ounce. The close of $2,058.20 therefore represents a rise of 14.6% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 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 0.20% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2023-12-01.