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 5 January 2021, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 16 September 2020
Gold closed at $1,952.70 per troy ounce on 5 January 2021, up $8.000 (0.41%) from the previous close of $1,944.70.
Notable session: highest close of the year; highest close of the month.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 4.82% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
One of the ten highest gold closes of that year, ranking 1 of 251 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,549.20, making this a +26.05% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,952.70 per troy ounce on 5 January 2021. That is $8.00 higher than the previous close of $1,944.70, a move of 0.41%.
The gold price rose on 5 January 2021, gaining $8.00 (0.41%) against the previous session's close of $1,944.70.
At $1,952.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $62.78 on 5 January 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 5 January 2021 18k gold was worth about $47.09 per gram and 14k about $36.62 per gram, against $62.78 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.8 on 5 January 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 5 January 2021, gold was around $1,879.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,952.70 is a gain of 3.9% over the week.
A month before 5 January 2021, gold was around $1,835.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,952.70 is a gain of 6.4% over the month.
A year before 5 January 2021, gold was around $1,549.20 per troy ounce. The close of $1,952.70 therefore represents a rise of 26.0% over twelve months.
It closed 4.82% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.
The most recent higher close was about 4 months earlier — 77 trading sessions before this one.