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 30 October 2023, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 15 May 2023
Gold closed at $1,996.20 per troy ounce on 30 October 2023, up $7.600 (0.38%) from the previous close of $1,988.60.
Notable session: highest close of the month.
This close extended a run of 4 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.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 2.70% 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 $1,639.60, making this a +21.75% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,996.20 per troy ounce on 30 October 2023. That is $7.60 higher than the previous close of $1,988.60, a move of 0.38%.
The gold price rose on 30 October 2023, gaining $7.60 (0.38%) against the previous session's close of $1,988.60.
At $1,996.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $64.18 on 30 October 2023. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 30 October 2023 18k gold was worth about $48.13 per gram and 14k about $37.44 per gram, against $64.18 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 85.7 on 30 October 2023, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 85.7 ounces of silver.
A month before 30 October 2023, gold was around $1,848.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,996.20 is a gain of 8.0% over the month.
A year before 30 October 2023, gold was around $1,639.60 per troy ounce. The close of $1,996.20 therefore represents a rise of 21.7% over twelve months.
This close was session 4 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 2.70% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.
The most recent higher close was about 6 months earlier — 116 trading sessions before this one.