Distance from the record
This close sat 6.30% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-01-03.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 26 January 2011, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,333.00 per troy ounce on 26 January 2011, up $0.700 (0.05%) from the previous close of $1,332.30.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.05% 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 6.30% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-01-03.
One of the ten lowest gold closes of that year, ranking 243 of 246 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,097.90, making this a +21.41% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,333.00 per troy ounce on 26 January 2011. That is $0.70 higher than the previous close of $1,332.30, a move of 0.05%.
The gold price rose on 26 January 2011, gaining $0.70 (0.05%) against the previous session's close of $1,332.30.
At $1,333.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $42.86 on 26 January 2011. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 26 January 2011 18k gold was worth about $32.14 per gram and 14k about $25.00 per gram, against $42.86 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 49.1 on 26 January 2011, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 49.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 26 January 2011, gold was around $1,370.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,333.00 is a loss of 2.7% over the week.
A year before 26 January 2011, gold was around $1,097.90 per troy ounce. The close of $1,333.00 therefore represents a rise of 21.4% over twelve months.
It closed 6.30% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-01-03.