Distance from the record
This close sat 14.23% 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 October 2021, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,759.60 per troy ounce on 5 October 2021, down $6.600 (0.37%) from the previous close of $1,766.20.
This close sat 14.23% 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 $1,912.50, making this a -7.99% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,759.60 per troy ounce on 5 October 2021. That is $6.60 lower than the previous close of $1,766.20, a move of -0.37%.
The gold price fell on 5 October 2021, losing $6.60 (0.37%) against the previous session's close of $1,766.20.
At $1,759.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $56.57 on 5 October 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 5 October 2021 18k gold was worth about $42.43 per gram and 14k about $33.00 per gram, against $56.57 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 77.9 on 5 October 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 77.9 ounces of silver.
It closed 14.23% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.