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Gold's highest closing price on record
Gold closed at $4,529.10 per troy ounce on 26 December 2025, up $48.50 (1.08%) from the previous close of $4,480.60.
Notable session: highest close of the year; highest close of the month.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $2,638.80, making this a +71.63% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $4,529.10 per troy ounce on 26 December 2025. That is $48.50 higher than the previous close of $4,480.60, a move of 1.08%.
The gold price rose on 26 December 2025, gaining $48.50 (1.08%) against the previous session's close of $4,480.60.
At $4,529.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $145.61 on 26 December 2025. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 26 December 2025 18k gold was worth about $109.21 per gram and 14k about $84.94 per gram, against $145.61 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.2 on 26 December 2025, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 26 December 2025, gold was around $4,361.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,529.10 is a gain of 3.8% over the week.
A month before 26 December 2025, gold was around $4,165.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,529.10 is a gain of 8.7% over the month.
A year before 26 December 2025, gold was around $2,638.80 per troy ounce. The close of $4,529.10 therefore represents a rise of 71.6% over twelve months.