Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 31 January 2019, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 1 January 2019
Gold closed at $1,319.70 per troy ounce on 31 January 2019, up $9.800 (0.75%) from the previous close of $1,309.90.
This close extended a run of 5 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.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 30.13% 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 $1,339.00, making this a -1.44% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,319.70 per troy ounce on 31 January 2019. That is $9.80 higher than the previous close of $1,309.90, a move of 0.75%.
The gold price rose on 31 January 2019, gaining $9.80 (0.75%) against the previous session's close of $1,309.90.
At $1,319.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $42.43 on 31 January 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 31 January 2019 18k gold was worth about $31.82 per gram and 14k about $24.75 per gram, against $42.43 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 82.4 on 31 January 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 82.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 31 January 2019, gold was around $1,279.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,319.70 is a gain of 3.2% over the week.
This close was session 5 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 30.13% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.
The most recent higher close was about 9 months earlier — 183 trading sessions before this one.