Distance from the record
This close sat 33.01% 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 October 2016, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 23 June 2016
Gold closed at $1,265.20 per troy ounce on 5 October 2016, down $1.100 (0.09%) from the previous close of $1,266.30.
This close extended a run of 4 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 33.01% 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 $1,138.10, making this a +11.17% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,265.20 per troy ounce on 5 October 2016. That is $1.10 lower than the previous close of $1,266.30, a move of -0.09%.
The gold price fell on 5 October 2016, losing $1.10 (0.09%) against the previous session's close of $1,266.30.
At $1,265.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $40.68 on 5 October 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 5 October 2016 18k gold was worth about $30.51 per gram and 14k about $23.73 per gram, against $40.68 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 71.7 on 5 October 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 71.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 5 October 2016, gold was around $1,319.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,265.20 is a loss of 4.1% over the week.
This close was session 4 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 33.01% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.