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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 5 March 2020, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 24 February 2020
Gold closed at $1,666.40 per troy ounce on 5 March 2020, up $25.30 (1.54%) from the previous close of $1,641.10.
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.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 11.77% 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 $1,282.00, making this a +29.98% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,666.40 per troy ounce on 5 March 2020. That is $25.30 higher than the previous close of $1,641.10, a move of 1.54%.
The gold price rose on 5 March 2020, gaining $25.30 (1.54%) against the previous session's close of $1,641.10.
At $1,666.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $53.58 on 5 March 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 5 March 2020 18k gold was worth about $40.18 per gram and 14k about $31.25 per gram, against $53.58 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 96.1 on 5 March 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 96.1 ounces of silver.
A month before 5 March 2020, gold was around $1,557.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,666.40 is a gain of 7.0% over the month.
A year before 5 March 2020, gold was around $1,282.00 per troy ounce. The close of $1,666.40 therefore represents a rise of 30.0% over twelve months.
It closed 11.77% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.