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Gold closed at $4,242.00 per troy ounce on 6 August 2026, down $3.800 (0.09%) from the previous close of $4,245.80.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $3,380.00, making this a +25.50% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $4,242.00 per troy ounce on 6 August 2026. That is $3.80 lower than the previous close of $4,245.80, a move of -0.09%.
The gold price fell on 6 August 2026, losing $3.80 (0.09%) against the previous session's close of $4,245.80.
At $4,242.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $136.38 on 6 August 2026. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 6 August 2026 18k gold was worth about $102.29 per gram and 14k about $79.56 per gram, against $136.38 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 69.0 on 6 August 2026, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 69.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 6 August 2026, gold was around $4,100.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,242.00 is a gain of 3.5% over the week.
A month before 6 August 2026, gold was around $4,155.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,242.00 is a gain of 2.1% over the month.
A year before 6 August 2026, gold was around $3,380.00 per troy ounce. The close of $4,242.00 therefore represents a rise of 25.5% over twelve months.