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This close sat 20.25% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 4 October 2019, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,506.20 per troy ounce on 4 October 2019, down $0.900 (0.06%) from the previous close of $1,507.10.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.06% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 20.25% 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 $1,197.20, making this a +25.81% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,506.20 per troy ounce on 4 October 2019. That is $0.90 lower than the previous close of $1,507.10, a move of -0.06%.
The gold price fell on 4 October 2019, losing $0.90 (0.06%) against the previous session's close of $1,507.10.
At $1,506.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $48.43 on 4 October 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 4 October 2019 18k gold was worth about $36.32 per gram and 14k about $28.25 per gram, against $48.43 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 85.9 on 4 October 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 85.9 ounces of silver.
A year before 4 October 2019, gold was around $1,197.20 per troy ounce. The close of $1,506.20 therefore represents a rise of 25.8% over twelve months.
It closed 20.25% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.