Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 3 June 2011, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 2 May 2011
Gold closed at $1,541.70 per troy ounce on 3 June 2011, up $9.700 (0.63%) from the previous close of $1,532.00.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,208.30, making this a +27.59% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,541.70 per troy ounce on 3 June 2011. That is $9.70 higher than the previous close of $1,532.00, a move of 0.63%.
The gold price rose on 3 June 2011, gaining $9.70 (0.63%) against the previous session's close of $1,532.00.
At $1,541.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $49.57 on 3 June 2011. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 3 June 2011 18k gold was worth about $37.18 per gram and 14k about $28.91 per gram, against $49.57 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 42.6 on 3 June 2011, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 42.6 ounces of silver.
A year before 3 June 2011, gold was around $1,208.30 per troy ounce. The close of $1,541.70 therefore represents a rise of 27.6% over twelve months.
It closed 0.96% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-05-02.