Distance from the record
This close sat 29.84% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 26 February 2019, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,325.10 per troy ounce on 26 February 2019, down $0.800 (0.06%) from the previous close of $1,325.90.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.06% 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 29.84% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,330.70, making this a -0.42% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,325.10 per troy ounce on 26 February 2019. That is $0.80 lower than the previous close of $1,325.90, a move of -0.06%.
The gold price fell on 26 February 2019, losing $0.80 (0.06%) against the previous session's close of $1,325.90.
At $1,325.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $42.60 on 26 February 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 26 February 2019 18k gold was worth about $31.95 per gram and 14k about $24.85 per gram, against $42.60 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 83.7 on 26 February 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 83.7 ounces of silver.
It closed 29.84% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.