Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 5 November 2012, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,682.20 per troy ounce on 5 November 2012, up $8.100 (0.48%) from the previous close of $1,674.10.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 10.93% 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 $1,755.30, making this a -4.16% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,682.20 per troy ounce on 5 November 2012. That is $8.10 higher than the previous close of $1,674.10, a move of 0.48%.
The gold price rose on 5 November 2012, gaining $8.10 (0.48%) against the previous session's close of $1,674.10.
At $1,682.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $54.08 on 5 November 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 5 November 2012 18k gold was worth about $40.56 per gram and 14k about $31.55 per gram, against $54.08 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 54.1 on 5 November 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 54.1 ounces of silver.
A month before 5 November 2012, gold was around $1,778.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,682.20 is a loss of 5.4% over the month.
It closed 10.93% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.