Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 30 August 2021, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,809.00 per troy ounce on 30 August 2021, down $7.600 (0.42%) from the previous close of $1,816.60.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 11.82% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,964.60, making this a -7.92% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,809.00 per troy ounce on 30 August 2021. That is $7.60 lower than the previous close of $1,816.60, a move of -0.42%.
The gold price fell on 30 August 2021, losing $7.60 (0.42%) against the previous session's close of $1,816.60.
At $1,809.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $58.16 on 30 August 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 30 August 2021 18k gold was worth about $43.62 per gram and 14k about $33.93 per gram, against $58.16 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.5 on 30 August 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.5 ounces of silver.
It closed 11.82% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.