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Gold's highest closing price on record
Gold closed at $5,079.90 per troy ounce on 27 January 2026, up $0.200 (0.00%) from the previous close of $5,079.70.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $2,737.50, making this a +85.57% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $5,079.90 per troy ounce on 27 January 2026. That is $0.20 higher than the previous close of $5,079.70, a move of 0.00%.
The gold price rose on 27 January 2026, gaining $0.20 (0.00%) against the previous session's close of $5,079.70.
At $5,079.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $163.32 on 27 January 2026. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 27 January 2026 18k gold was worth about $122.49 per gram and 14k about $95.27 per gram, against $163.32 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 48.1 on 27 January 2026, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 48.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 27 January 2026, gold was around $4,759.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $5,079.90 is a gain of 6.7% over the week.
A month before 27 January 2026, gold was around $4,529.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $5,079.90 is a gain of 12.2% over the month.
A year before 27 January 2026, gold was around $2,737.50 per troy ounce. The close of $5,079.90 therefore represents a rise of 85.6% over twelve months.