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 31 March 2021, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,713.80 per troy ounce on 31 March 2021, up $29.90 (1.78%) from the previous close of $1,683.90.
Gold moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 16.46% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
One of the ten lowest gold closes of that year, ranking 245 of 251 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,583.40, making this a +8.24% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,713.80 per troy ounce on 31 March 2021. That is $29.90 higher than the previous close of $1,683.90, a move of 1.78%.
The gold price rose on 31 March 2021, gaining $29.90 (1.78%) against the previous session's close of $1,683.90.
At $1,713.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $55.10 on 31 March 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 31 March 2021 18k gold was worth about $41.32 per gram and 14k about $32.14 per gram, against $55.10 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 69.9 on 31 March 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 69.9 ounces of silver.
It closed 16.46% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.