Distance from the record
This close sat 13.03% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 5 May 2021, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,784.10 per troy ounce on 5 May 2021, up $8.300 (0.47%) from the previous close of $1,775.80.
This close sat 13.03% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,704.40, making this a +4.68% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,784.10 per troy ounce on 5 May 2021. That is $8.30 higher than the previous close of $1,775.80, a move of 0.47%.
The gold price rose on 5 May 2021, gaining $8.30 (0.47%) against the previous session's close of $1,775.80.
At $1,784.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $57.36 on 5 May 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 5 May 2021 18k gold was worth about $43.02 per gram and 14k about $33.46 per gram, against $57.36 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 67.3 on 5 May 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 67.3 ounces of silver.
It closed 13.03% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.