Distance from the record
This close sat 30.09% 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 5 January 2018, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,320.30 per troy ounce on 5 January 2018, up $0.900 (0.07%) from the previous close of $1,319.40.
This close extended a run of 3 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 close sat 30.09% 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 $1,179.70, making this a +11.92% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,320.30 per troy ounce on 5 January 2018. That is $0.90 higher than the previous close of $1,319.40, a move of 0.07%.
The gold price rose on 5 January 2018, gaining $0.90 (0.07%) against the previous session's close of $1,319.40.
At $1,320.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $42.45 on 5 January 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 5 January 2018 18k gold was worth about $31.84 per gram and 14k about $24.76 per gram, against $42.45 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.7 on 5 January 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.7 ounces of silver.
This close was session 3 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 30.09% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.