Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 3 August 2018, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,214.20 per troy ounce on 3 August 2018, up $3.600 (0.30%) from the previous close of $1,210.60.
Notable session: highest close of the month.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 35.71% 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 $1,267.80, making this a -4.23% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,214.20 per troy ounce on 3 August 2018. That is $3.60 higher than the previous close of $1,210.60, a move of 0.30%.
The gold price rose on 3 August 2018, gaining $3.60 (0.30%) against the previous session's close of $1,210.60.
At $1,214.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $39.04 on 3 August 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 3 August 2018 18k gold was worth about $29.28 per gram and 14k about $22.77 per gram, against $39.04 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.8 on 3 August 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.8 ounces of silver.
It closed 35.71% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.