Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 4 February 2016, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 28 October 2015
Gold closed at $1,157.60 per troy ounce on 4 February 2016, up $16.30 (1.43%) from the previous close of $1,141.30.
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.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 38.71% 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 $1,263.80, making this a -8.40% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,157.60 per troy ounce on 4 February 2016. That is $16.30 higher than the previous close of $1,141.30, a move of 1.43%.
The gold price rose on 4 February 2016, gaining $16.30 (1.43%) against the previous session's close of $1,141.30.
At $1,157.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $37.22 on 4 February 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 4 February 2016 18k gold was worth about $27.91 per gram and 14k about $21.71 per gram, against $37.22 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.0 on 4 February 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 4 February 2016, gold was around $1,115.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,157.60 is a gain of 3.8% over the week.
A month before 4 February 2016, gold was around $1,075.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,157.60 is a gain of 7.7% over the month.
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 38.71% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.
The most recent higher close was about 3 months earlier — 67 trading sessions before this one.