Distance from the record
This close sat 32.68% 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 May 2016, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,271.40 per troy ounce on 5 May 2016, down $1.900 (0.15%) from the previous close of $1,273.30.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 32.68% 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 $1,193.20, making this a +6.55% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,271.40 per troy ounce on 5 May 2016. That is $1.90 lower than the previous close of $1,273.30, a move of -0.15%.
The gold price fell on 5 May 2016, losing $1.90 (0.15%) against the previous session's close of $1,273.30.
At $1,271.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $40.88 on 5 May 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 5 May 2016 18k gold was worth about $30.66 per gram and 14k about $23.84 per gram, against $40.88 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.5 on 5 May 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.5 ounces of silver.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 32.68% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.