Distance from the record
This close sat 5.24% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 26 May 2023, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,944.10 per troy ounce on 26 May 2023, up $1.000 (0.05%) from the previous close of $1,943.10.
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 5.24% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,847.40, making this a +5.23% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,944.10 per troy ounce on 26 May 2023. That is $1.00 higher than the previous close of $1,943.10, a move of 0.05%.
The gold price rose on 26 May 2023, gaining $1.00 (0.05%) against the previous session's close of $1,943.10.
At $1,944.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $62.50 on 26 May 2023. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 26 May 2023 18k gold was worth about $46.88 per gram and 14k about $36.46 per gram, against $62.50 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 83.7 on 26 May 2023, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 83.7 ounces of silver.
It closed 5.24% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.