Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 5 September 2017, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 26 September 2016
Gold closed at $1,339.20 per troy ounce on 5 September 2017, up $57.70 (4.50%) from the previous close of $1,281.50.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
This was a 4.50% move in one session — well beyond a typical day for gold. Moves this size are usually a reaction to something specific rather than ordinary drift, so the surrounding news is worth checking alongside the number.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 29.09% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
One of the ten highest gold closes of that year, ranking 3 of 251 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,322.10, making this a +1.29% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,339.20 per troy ounce on 5 September 2017. That is $57.70 higher than the previous close of $1,281.50, a move of 4.50%.
The gold price rose on 5 September 2017, gaining $57.70 (4.50%) against the previous session's close of $1,281.50.
At $1,339.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $43.06 on 5 September 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 5 September 2017 18k gold was worth about $32.29 per gram and 14k about $25.12 per gram, against $43.06 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.0 on 5 September 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.0 ounces of silver.
A month before 5 September 2017, gold was around $1,258.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,339.20 is a gain of 6.4% over the month.
It closed 29.09% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.
The most recent higher close was about 11 months earlier — 234 trading sessions before this one.