Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 28 March 2016, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 26 February 2016
Gold closed at $1,219.90 per troy ounce on 28 March 2016, down $1.500 (0.12%) from the previous close of $1,221.40.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 35.41% 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 $1,199.80, making this a +1.68% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,219.90 per troy ounce on 28 March 2016. That is $1.50 lower than the previous close of $1,221.40, a move of -0.12%.
The gold price fell on 28 March 2016, losing $1.50 (0.12%) against the previous session's close of $1,221.40.
At $1,219.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $39.22 on 28 March 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 28 March 2016 18k gold was worth about $29.42 per gram and 14k about $22.88 per gram, against $39.22 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 80.3 on 28 March 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 80.3 ounces of silver.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 35.41% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.