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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 5 October 2020, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 18 September 2020
Gold closed at $1,912.50 per troy ounce on 5 October 2020, up $12.30 (0.65%) from the previous close of $1,900.20.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 6.78% 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 $1,506.20, making this a +26.98% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,912.50 per troy ounce on 5 October 2020. That is $12.30 higher than the previous close of $1,900.20, a move of 0.65%.
The gold price rose on 5 October 2020, gaining $12.30 (0.65%) against the previous session's close of $1,900.20.
At $1,912.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $61.49 on 5 October 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 5 October 2020 18k gold was worth about $46.12 per gram and 14k about $35.87 per gram, against $61.49 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.1 on 5 October 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 5 October 2020, gold was around $1,872.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,912.50 is a gain of 2.1% over the week.
A year before 5 October 2020, gold was around $1,506.20 per troy ounce. The close of $1,912.50 therefore represents a rise of 27.0% over twelve months.
It closed 6.78% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.