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 29 May 2020, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,736.90 per troy ounce on 29 May 2020, up $23.60 (1.38%) from the previous close of $1,713.30.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of gains. 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 8.04% 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 $1,280.60, making this a +35.63% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,736.90 per troy ounce on 29 May 2020. That is $23.60 higher than the previous close of $1,713.30, a move of 1.38%.
The gold price rose on 29 May 2020, gaining $23.60 (1.38%) against the previous session's close of $1,713.30.
At $1,736.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $55.84 on 29 May 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 29 May 2020 18k gold was worth about $41.88 per gram and 14k about $32.57 per gram, against $55.84 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 94.2 on 29 May 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 94.2 ounces of silver.
A year before 29 May 2020, gold was around $1,280.60 per troy ounce. The close of $1,736.90 therefore represents a rise of 35.6% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 8.04% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.