Distance from the record
This close sat 35.11% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 3 March 2017, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 14 February 2017
Gold closed at $1,225.50 per troy ounce on 3 March 2017, down $6.400 (0.52%) from the previous close of $1,231.90.
This close extended a run of 4 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 close sat 35.11% 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 $1,257.40, making this a -2.54% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,225.50 per troy ounce on 3 March 2017. That is $6.40 lower than the previous close of $1,231.90, a move of -0.52%.
The gold price fell on 3 March 2017, losing $6.40 (0.52%) against the previous session's close of $1,231.90.
At $1,225.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $39.40 on 3 March 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 3 March 2017 18k gold was worth about $29.55 per gram and 14k about $22.98 per gram, against $39.40 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 69.2 on 3 March 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 69.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 3 March 2017, gold was around $1,256.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,225.50 is a loss of 2.5% over the week.
This close was session 4 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 35.11% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.